I assume when you say "historical documentation" you mean contemporary documents composed during or shortly after Christ's life. The answer is yes. Josephus, also known as Flavius Josephus was a 1st century Jewish historian who's writings mention the historical figure Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ is mentioned several times in the Qur'an, which is the constitution of the Islam.

There were many other contemporary descriptions of the life of Jesus Christ. However, during the last 2000 years, the Catholic Church did its best to destroy the ones that didn't support the story told in the ones used for the bible. Somebody posted a comment asking for references or links. I'm hesitant to provide links, since religion is a subject that seems to make people forget reason. Hence, it's hard to judge the trustworthyness of most sites on this subject. Wikipedia has some entries on that reflect many opinions. Here's the page on the dead sea scrolls: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls Since they were discovered so recently, it's somewhat possible to figure out what actually happened and how the Vatican reacted to them. Here's the relevant part: Allegations that the Vatican suppressed the publication of the scrolls were published in the 1990s, notably by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, whose book The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception contains a popularized version of speculations by Robert Eisenman that some scrolls actually describe the early Christian community, characterized as more fundamentalist and rigid than the one portrayed by the New Testament, and that the life of Jesus was deliberately mythicized by Paul, possibly a Roman agent who faked his "conversion" from Saul in order to undermine the influence of anti-Roman messianic cults in the region. (Eisenman's own theories, themselves not always convincing, merely attempt to relate the career of James the Just and Paul to some of these documents.) Baigent and Leigh allege that several key scrolls were deliberately kept under wraps for decades to prevent the rise of alternative theories to the prevailing "consensus" that the scrolls had nothing to do with Christianity.

well if no one else is going to say it i will. THE BOOK OF MORMON definitly talks about Christ in fact on average the Book of Mormon talks about Jesus Christ then even the Bible does. Man that is awesome!!!

At the time, Jesus was probably not historically interesting to anyone but the Jews, and there may have been attempts by official Juadaism to ignore, or retroactvely erase, His existence. Contemporary writings, and official records, would have been largely lost in 70 AD when Jerusalem was flattened by the Romans. Biblical manuscripts survived by virtue of being written and/or copied and circulated outside of Jerusalem and Judaism. I don't find it particularly remarkable that He doesn't show up much anywhere else. The Bible, in fact, has more than once been the first source of historical knowledge which was found archeologically only much later. My faith is not affected one way or another by these points. What is remarkable, and faith strengthening, is the supernatural preservation of the Scripture manuscripts. If any other writings of that era were preserved to the extent of those, historians would be ecstatic. Many writings of the Greek philosophers are known to exist only because of a single scrap, let alone with any ability to actually recover the text. When a mostly intact 1000 year old copy of Archimedes' "Method" was found to exist in the last century, it caused a sensation, because all that was known was that he had written such a work, but no one had any idea what it contained (this fascinating story is told in the PBS Nova episode "Infinite Secrets"). By comparison, manuscript evidence for the Bible, if anything, suffers from an emabarassment of riches.

Yes, there were other historical documentations. I will try to give you excerpts of a few of the most recognized. Keep in mind, I am not trying to prove Jesus was the Christ. Josephus (A Jewish historian) The Antiquites: "He [Ananias] covened a meeting of the Sanhedrin and brought before them a man named James, the brother of Jesus,who was called the Christ, and certain others. He accused them of having transgressed the law and delivered them up to be stoned." Controversies: None The Antiquities:Testimonium Flavianum: "About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he was one who wrought surprising feats and was a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly. He won over many Jews and many of the Greeks. He was the Christ. Where Pilate, upon hearing him accused by men of the highest staqnding among us, had sondemned him to be crucified, those who had in the firstplace come to love him did not give up their affection for him. On the third day he appeared to them restored to life, for the prophets of God had prophesied these and countless other marvelous things about him. And the tribe of Christians, so called after him, has still to this day not disappeared." Controversies: Both Jewish and Christian scholars agree that this work is authentic; however, it has some added phrases. Here they are: " if indeed one ought to call him a man", "He was the Christ", and "On the third day he appeared to them restored to life". Tacitus ( a Roman historian) Annals: "Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil,but even in Rome....Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty: then, up their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind." Pliny the Younger (a Roman and governor of Bithynia) Letters: " I have asked them if they are Christians, and if they admit it, I repeat the question a second and third time, with a warning of the punishment awaiting them. If they persist, I order them to be led away for execution; for, whateverthe nature of their admission, I am convinced that their stubborneness and unshakable obstinacy ought not go unpunished. . . . They also declared that the sum total of their guilt or error amounted to no more than this: they had met regularly before dawn on a fixed day to chant erses alternately amongst themselves in honor of Christ as if to a god, and also to bind themselves by oath, not for any criminal purpose, but to abstain from theft, robbery, and adultery. . . . This made me decide it was all the more necessary to extract the truth by torture from two slave-women, whom they called deaonesses. I found nothing but a degenerate sort of cult carried to extravagant lengths." Anways, I have given you some of the most notable reffrences to Jesus, outside of the Bible. In the case of known controverisies regarding these passages, I have mentioned them plainly for you. I have also given you the name of the books that the refferences come from before each passage. If you want to know more on this subject A Case for Christ, is good read which I recommend.

To answer this question, one needs a better understanding of what you mean by "historical." Older than 1000 years? Recorded within 100 years of Jesus the Christ's alleged death? Many standard references, such as the ones attributed to Josephus, appear only after several centuries, and are not referenced by early Christians in defense of the faith, thus rendering them of doubtful veracity. Other common references in fact reveal only the existence of Christians. Not too helpful. Earlier references exist. A notable one is the Nag Hammadi gospels. They're not generally acknowledged by today's Christians because they paint a picture of Jesus at odds with the orthodox view. Consider this passage: "...the companion of the Savior is Mary Magdalene. But Christ loved her more than all the disciples, and used to kiss her often on her mouth. The rest of the disciples were offended... They said to him, "Why do you love her more than all of us? the Savior answered and said to them, "Why do I not love you as I love her?" (Gospel of Philip, 63.32-64.5) There is much historical documention outside the Bible that mentions Jesus. However, it reflects a vast diversity of views of just who he was. To fully appreciate this diversity and breadth, I recommend the following website: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/

The Koran. Mohammed knew of Christ, but referred to him as a prophet like himself, not as God's Son.

there are a few gospels which didn;t make it into the bible which mention him

the book of mormon by the church of Jesus Christ of letter day saints

google the film zeitgeist Also try to go to neutral sources of historical writings around the time of jesus in order to try and find evidence of anybody writing anything about a band of men performing miracles. Dont go to early christian writing to try and find "evidence" of Jesus. You will just be getting biased information.

I know that this has been mentioned but I add my encouragement to read the Book of Mormon.

Yes there is. Secular records that speak of Jesus are few. However, some do exist, and of them The Encyclopædia Britannica says: “These independent accounts prove that in ancient times even the opponents of Christianity never doubted the historicity of Jesus, which was disputed for the first time and on inadequate grounds by several authors at the end of the 18th, during the 19th, and at the beginning of the 20th centuries.” German historian and archaeologist Hans Einsle writes that Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, Roman writers Suetonius and Pliny, and especially Roman historian Tacitus “all confirm the historicity of Jesus and the main facts of his life.”

Yes; the Book of Mormon gives the account of Jesus' visit to the Ancient American indians [that's why they speak of the Great White God who visited them: it was real] immediately after His death and resurrection.

Yes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvdg5KBlHCY