
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.
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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…
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…
Can we be confident that we have the original text of the Gospels? How does it compare to other ancient documents?
Evidence in the Talmud for the crucifixion of Jesus.
A review of Philip Pullman's The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ.