Crossan uses rigorous criteria for establishing historical facts about Jesus, but adds a quantity of wider material for his interpretation. Socio-economic data are not well recorded. His historical approach brings him to the conclusion that Jesus' body was most likely left on the cross or thrown into a shallow grave. He favours the use of apocryphal and gnostic texts, that he dates very early, many earlier than the synoptic gospels.
Verdoodt, A. (1999). Critique de l’approche de J.D. Crossan a partir de la sociologie et de l’histoire. Social Compass : international review of sociology of religion, 46(4), 471-479. https://doi.org/10.1177/003776899046004005 (Original work published 1999)