Did the story of Jesus coming back from the dead appear many decades after his death and grow over the next hundred years or so?  Actually, we have reports that go back to very soon after Jesus’ death.  Here I will also compare the reports of the resurrection to that of another ancient death, that of Julius Caesar.    

I put this out in text form earlier but my son, Brian put this into a video form.  The program chose the clips and read the words.  Sometimes it isn’t what we would have chosen, but I think it really helps convey the information.  You can find a bit more data and better images of the timelines here:  https://jesusinhistoryandscience.com/?p=1463