The New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have been considered radical departures for ancient religion. Jesus proposed a dramatic new way to relate to God: through Him. The ideas of faith in God and his Son, forgiveness of sins, salvation, resurrection, ascension and divine intervention were the highlights of the Gospels. But the most important historians of the second century, Suetonius, Plutarch, Tacitus, and Dio Cassius wrote extensively...