What are the sources of Information on Jesus?
The primary sources for Jesus’ life and teaching are the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John though these are not biographies but theologically framed accounts of the ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus – the basic subject matter of Christian preaching and teaching. Other books of the New Testament add few further details. The 2nd-century Gospel of Thomas sheds light on the development of the tradition of Jesus’ sayings. Among non-Christian writers of antiquity, Tacitus, Suetonius, and Pliny the Younger refer to Jesus, as does Josephus Flavius (1st century Jewish historian) in at least one passage. Some also believe that Jesus is mentioned in the Jewish Talmud.
