Jesus and history
# Jesus and history

Jesus and history may refer to:

* Jesus
* Historicity of Jesus, the existence of Jesus as a historical figure
* Historical Jesus, the reconstruction of portraits of Jesus' life and teachings using historical methods
* Chronology of Jesus, the chronology of the major events of Jesus' life
* Quest for the historical Jesus, the methods and techniques used by academics to study the life of Jesus
* Historical background of the New Testament, the cultural influences that form the backdrop of Jesus' life in 1st century Judea
* Historical reliability of the Gospels, the historical validity or invalidity of the canonical gospels
* Genealogy of Jesus, study of Jesus' lineage
* Christ myth theory, the theory that Jesus was a fictional or mythological character invented by early Christians

## Related topics

* Historicity of the Bible
* Jesus Christ in comparative mythology, compares the narrative of the life of Jesus from the Christian gospels with other religions
* Josephus on Jesus, the references by 1st-century Jewish historian Josephus to Jesus in his Antiquities of the Jews
* Tacitus on Christ, the reference by Tacitus in Book 15 of his Annals to Christians and the execution of their leader by Pontius Pilate
* Criticism of Jesus, criticisms of Jesus that have been raised by various scholars and writers
