Whew. Boy. I don’t know what else to tell you. If sources are archaeological then they must be apologizing for the Bible. But your sources are valid?
There is simply too much you have written to address it all. I had to back out of a convo with Oye for the same reason. Face to face discussion takes 5-10 mins. To sit and write it all on a cell phone takes time I don’t have.
But, I can address a few points. First off, Jesus’s life wasn’t chronicled during the time of His life because doing so would have made you a target for legitimizing him. It was punishable by death to even follow him at points throughout his life, and many Christians after that were violently murdered and tortured for being Christians. It wasn’t as simple as writing about Him in the modern sense. One has to wrap one’s head around the context of the time.
Secondly, Josephus wasn’t the only Historian. There were 3 more. Look them up. I’m asking you to so you’ll read the 1,000 answers to the 1,000 questions you’ll ask me if I were to give you their names.
Thirdly, you made a comment about 30 years being too long to biograph someone based on word of mouth. Sure, in the modern time we live, but in a culture where oral tradition was so deeply ingrained in the fabric of people, 30 years wasn’t long at all. When children were growing up during this time, it was a widely practiced act to rehearse stories that were told to them thousands of time so that when they recommunicated them, they were meticulously accurate. In addition, James and John were both in Jesus’ inner circle. Their words weren’t taken from word of mouth. Matthew was an apostle of Jesus. Mark was a companion of St. Peter.
Lastly, as I alluded to before, when the Gospels were written, many thousands of people that lived and saw the events that took place were still alive. And yet there weren’t troves of people coming forward to disprove what had been written. Jesus was kind of an important figure. If his biographer had penned falsehoods, there would have been major pushback, just as their would be today. Back then there weren’t millions of books about millions of people.
But at the end of the day, this is why Faith is a requirement. Because no amount of proof I could give you would be sufficient. None at all. So really I just respond because I enjoy the subject. But in my heart of hearts I know that not a single solitary thing I could say or piece of evidence I could give you would change your mind. And that’s ok.