And the New Testament was after Christ's death. There is no contemporaneous account of Christ. All of the Gospels were written years after the historical Jesus was dead for decades. Scholars who specialize in the origins of Christianity agree on very little, but they do generally agree that it is most likely that a historical preacher, on whom the Christian figure "Jesus Christ" is based, did exist. The oldest Gospel, that of Mark, was written no earlier than 60-80 years after Christ was dead. People who take the Bible as literal, need to study its history.