Bible Scandals
David Instone-Brewer's new book The Jesus Scandals not only shows how the life and teaching of Jesus must have shocked his contemporaries…
Jesus, Interrupted – a review
Readers of EN may remember a previous article where I reviewed several books by Bart Ehrman. I observed that Ehrman had previously been a…
The Original Christmas
'No room at the inn' goes the traditional story. But is that really what the Bible says?
Recent Perspectives on the Reliability of the Gospels
The usual attempts to defend the historical reliability of the New Testament are often fairly general in nature. These arguments are…
What is the document Q supposed to be?
One of the most popular theories in New Testament study is that the Gospel of Mark was written first, and that both Matthew and Luke were…
Isn’t the Bible Full of Contradictions?
How should we address apparent contradictions in the Bible? This article tackles some specific examples.
The Bible's Canon: Authoritative or Arbitrary?
Nick Perrin investigates how the New Testament books came to be accepted into the Biblical 'canon'. Through an examination of the views of…
The Historical Reliability of Mark's Gospel
What reasons do we have to trust Mark's Gospel?
Minor Characters in the Gospels
Do the Gospels give us any indication that they are using eyewitness testimony? Richard Bauckham examines some of the minor characters in…