The Earliest Handwritten Copy of a Gospel
This video describes the discovery of the earliest copy of part of John's Gospel, the 'John Rylands Fragment'.
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This video describes the discovery of the earliest copy of part of John's Gospel, the 'John Rylands Fragment'.
Many people dismiss the resurrection as scientifically impossible. This video offers reasons to think again.
Is it possible that the accounts of the resurrection are simply the result of hallucinations brought on by grief?
Are the Gospels full of contradictions? What would have been seen as normal standards of trustworthy historical writing at that time?
Did the early Christian communities apply Jesus's teaching to the problems they faced or alter the facts to fit their agendas?
The way the Gospel accounts use correct place names shows that they were based on reliable information from first hand testimony.
Were the Gospel accounts corrupted as they were passed on? Was there any way to prevent this happening?
How big are the differences between the hand-written copies of the Gospels' accounts of Jesus? Do these undermine what we can know about…
It's often claimed that Jesus' followers borrowed existing pagan beliefs about resurrection. Is that true?