[quote=@DarkwolfX37] Well, we know that isn't the case because we know there were multiple writers over various time periods. It would also technically fall under "historical fiction" since much of it was exaggeration of or based loosely on actual events and people. Apollonius and Yeshua are examples of this. [/quote] According to most historians, this is incorrect. The part that may be considered "fiction" by historians who do not believe in the legitimacy of the Bible as a source of spiritual truth is depictions of miracles, but the overlying accounts, as a whole, are considered reliable and accurate. Yeshua is just the Hebrew spelling of Jesus (the name "Jesus" is an English translation) and if you're referring to Apollos (as it is written in most modern versions of the name) was an early Christian at the origin of its premier as a religion. All writings about Christ directly were written by eyewitnesses, while all writings supposedly about Apollonius were written over a hundred years after his death by Philostratus and are not accepted as legitimate Christian literary canon. You cannot take gnostic or other external texts and argue against internal consistency or legitimacy as it is not part of the canon to begin with.