Eyewitness Testimony in the Gospels
Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?
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Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?
This video examines the historical evidence for the life of Jesus, including discussion of the non-biblical evidence.
Are the Gospels full of contradictions? What would have been seen as normal standards of trustworthy historical writing at that time?
This video considers whether we can dismiss the accounts of Jesus's life simply because they describe miracles.
This video describes the discovery of the earliest copy of part of John's Gospel, the 'John Rylands Fragment'.
Can we be confident that we have the original text of the Gospels? How does it compare to other ancient documents?
This video considers how long it took before Jesus's first followers came to believe that he was the Son of God.
The way the Gospel accounts use the right names for people shows that they were about real people, based on reliable information.
This video examines the historical evidence that Jesus performed miracles.