The Quest for the Historical Israel – a review
Finkelstein and Mazar represent two of the most influential Israeli archaeologists of the present generation. Finkelstein is a professor at…
Can we believe the accounts of the life of Jesus...?
How can anyone believe the New Testament account of the life of Jesus, seeing that it was written so long after His death? There seems to…
Are the Resurrection Accounts Contradictory?
What should we make of claims that differences in the Gospel accounts mean they can't be trusted?
Ancient and Unreliable: Isn't the Bible just a book of myths?
Adrian Holloway tackles the question of whether we can trust what we read in the New Testament or should dismiss it as unsubstantiated myth.
Did the Gospel Writers Spin Their Accounts of Jesus?
Did the early Christian communities apply Jesus's teaching to the problems they faced or alter the facts to fit their agendas?
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…
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…
To What Extent Is the Bible Inspired?
When people talk about the Bible as the inspired Word of God, does it include every book, every word and every detail?
The Resurrection: Hoax, Heist or History?
The belief that Jesus rose from the dead is central to Christianity. But how can anyone believe it really happened?