Caesar vs Jesus: Who is better evidenced?

The evidence for Jesus is good, but it's not THAT good. Specifically, it isn't better than the evidence for every other figure in the ancient world, as some Christians would have you believe. It's not even close! Let's break down what there is for the Dictator of Rome, Julius Caesar, and everyone's favorite rabbi.

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Special thanks to Brenden Kyer  @MagisterKyer  for his help in pulling some sources together to prep for this episode!

Sources: 
Writings of Cicero: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/9776/pg9776-images.html
Counts of Manuscripts: https://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2015/05/distribution-of-new-testament.html
https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/liste
Coinage: http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/acans/caesar/Intro_Overview.htm
Traditional Authorship: https://ehrmanblog.org/mark-as-peters-scribe-for-members/

Christians making this claim:
https://billygraham.org/devotion/evidence-of-jesus/
https://www2.cbn.com/news/us/jesus-real-how-history-and-science-validate-christ-existed-and-gospels-are-true
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/sources-for-caesar-and-jesus-compared/
https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2019/02/15/the-earliest-new-testament-manuscripts/

Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:28 - Christian Claims About Evidence
5:00 - Evidence for Jesus
22:45 - Evidence for Caesar
45:00 - Wrap-up/Comparison 
48:30 - Bias of the Day