What types of evidence validates the historicity of the New Testament?
In examing the historical evidence for the New Testament the types of evidence can be categorized into three types, Historical, Archeological and Documentary. Each piece of evidence can be used to fill in and extrapolate the evidence. As we compile the various pieces of evidence both from writers who lived (Documentary Evidence) during the time of Jesus and physical evidence (Archeological Evidence) that verifies events (Historical Evidence) in the bible we can conclude the New Testament is historically truthful. But the history of the New Testament is not on trial rather it is the contents of its claims. The claims the New Testament makes about Jesus are incredible. So if we conclude the writers are correct about the History then we are forced to answer, are they correct about the person of Jesus? Documentary Evidence There are two types of Documentary evidence we can examine; Christian and Non-Christian. The Christian documentary evidence is overwhelming and in its scope and volume c
