There is a terrific new post from one of my favorite bloggers, Matthew Ferguson at Κέλσος
titled: When Do Contemporary or Early Sources Matter in Ancient History.
Ferguson demolishes the apologetic claim that we have better sources for the history of Jesus than we do for Alexander the Great. He demonstrates with great clarity that, not only do we have actual contemporary eyewitness sources for Alexander (as opposed to none for Jesus), the sources are far more credible and informative than the secondary sources for Jesus.
It's a great read!
https://adversusapologetica.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/when-do-contemporary-sources-matter/
titled: When Do Contemporary or Early Sources Matter in Ancient History.
Ferguson demolishes the apologetic claim that we have better sources for the history of Jesus than we do for Alexander the Great. He demonstrates with great clarity that, not only do we have actual contemporary eyewitness sources for Alexander (as opposed to none for Jesus), the sources are far more credible and informative than the secondary sources for Jesus.
It's a great read!
https://adversusapologetica.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/when-do-contemporary-sources-matter/