The term «history» is commonly used of written accounts of public events recorded upon reliable contemporary evidence. (religion-online.org)
As well as using traditional apologetic approaches in his recent book The Evidence for Jesus (Berforts Information Press), Steel uses the shroud as contemporary evidence for the resurrection of Christ. (premierchristianity.com)
There is ZERO contemporary evidence that Jesus or anyone like him existed. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)