[ncmncm]

Even the most ardent Christian biblical scholars admit the overwhelming majority of writings claimed to be 1st century are much later forgeries. They have picked out a few scraps they have not been able to prove were forged, and based everything on those.

But the most favored bit of positive evidence is a single paragraph that everybody agrees was badly doctored up. They have "reconstructed" what they think the original must have actually said. But the text before and after it would flow neatly one to the next without it.

Next best is a line in Paul where he mentions somebody is Jesus's brother.

[bjourne]

Both pieces of evidence are from Josephus' Antiquities. Not the best evidence but also not the worst.