Was the Resurrection a Hoax?
The first disciples claimed that Jesus had risen from the dead. But is it possible that such stories are a deliberate deception?
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The first disciples claimed that Jesus had risen from the dead. But is it possible that such stories are a deliberate deception?
Review of Dirk Jongkind's talk arguing that the message of the Bible is preserved, despite variations between manuscripts
Considering the question of whether belief in God lacks the evidence to support it - and why arguments on their own are not enough.
Adrian Holloway tackles the question of whether we can trust what we read in the New Testament or should dismiss it as unsubstantiated myth.
Once we've got at the facts behind the myths about Jesus, this final video considers what difference he makes to us today.
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?
This video describes the discovery of the earliest copy of part of John's Gospel, the 'John Rylands Fragment'.
How big are the differences between the hand-written copies of the Gospels' accounts of Jesus? Do these undermine what we can know about…