I don't think it is fair to say that the evidence for the crucifixion is overwhelming. Other than the bible there is very little evidence at all. You have a very brief and contested sentence from Josephus and an equally scant mention in Tacitus. Other than that barely a shred. There are many historians who doubt the crucifixion, Moslem, Jewish, secular and Christian.
No, almost all historians agree he was crucified, only a few think that the fact that the christian church exploded into existence shows he rose from the dead.
The bible isn't even the evidence they use.
Muslims disagree because they are going by the word of one man, muhammad and Jewish people do not believe he was the Messiah that was supposed to come and are still waiting on him.
Him being crucified isn't even a concern of theirs.
I am just going by what I heard Jewish people say, obviously I cant speak for them all
I do know that in every single debate of respectable intelligent atheists against theists, it's not even a question of him dying on the cross, his rising from the dead is what is debated.
That one well know atheist (forget his name) does claim Jesus wasn't crucified, in fact he claims Jesus was completely made up.
But he is not using all facts and stacks the deck if you will.
Even muhammad recognizes that Jesus existed.
Ask yourself this, if Jesus didn't exist, why wouldn't muhammed have said that?
But muhammed was just a reg man, and he may have even believed that Jesus didn't die on the cross, or he just simply lied.
Doesn't matter what muhammed said though, because the evidence is more than enough for most respectable non- bias historians to conclude that Jesus was crucified and was buried in the tomb, and a guard was placed to be sure that the disciples did not steal the body away.
The debating, comes after that.
The guard was paid off by the disciples or he fell asleep or Jesus did rise from the dead.
The christian church exploded into existence, so either the disciples lied or Jesus did rise from the dead, still shows that Jesus did die on the cross.
If Jesus did not die on the cross, non of the following would have happened.
Kind of redundant to claim someone rose from the dead that the whole city seen to never have died in the first place, if he didn't die on the cross.
It was never a question of him dying, the whole city seen it happen, it is what they wanted.