In this video, Richard Bauckham considers whether we can know who were the main witnesses behind the Gospel accounts of Jesus's life.

Were the Gospel accounts corrupted as they were passed on? Was there any way to prevent this happening?

Can we be confident that we have the original text of the Gospels? How does it compare to other ancient documents?

How many hand-written copies of the Gospel accounts are there? What does this reveal about possible mistakes?

Finkelstein and Mazar represent two of the most influential Israeli archaeologists of the present generation. Finkelstein is a professor at…