Real History, Real People
A brief account of some of the real history and real people to be found in the New Testament.
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A brief account of some of the real history and real people to be found in the New Testament.
Review of Dirk Jongkind's talk arguing that the message of the Bible is preserved, despite variations between manuscripts
Sean McDowell interviews Mike Licona on how his research into ancient biographies sheds light onto Gospel contradictions.
Are the Gospels full of contradictions? What would have been seen as normal standards of trustworthy historical writing at that time?
Do the Gospels give us any indication that they are using eyewitness testimony? Richard Bauckham examines some of the minor characters in…
The way the Gospel accounts use the right names for people shows that they were about real people, based on reliable information.
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…
Mark Stibbe’s latest book focuses on John’s resurrection account and offers an accessible, close reading of the passage which,…