The Gospels and the 'so-called' gospels
A discussion of Christian beliefs about the divinity of Jesus and why the New Testament did not include other 'gospels'.
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A discussion of Christian beliefs about the divinity of Jesus and why the New Testament did not include other 'gospels'.
A 2-part series on the New Atheism looks at (1) The Straw God and then (2) Attacks on the New Testament.
Peter May considers some of the earliest evidence for the resurrection: the early Christian creed recorded in 1 Corinthians 15:3-5
In this video, Richard Bauckham considers whether we can know who were the main witnesses behind the Gospel accounts of Jesus's life.
This video describes the discovery of the earliest copy of part of John's Gospel, the 'John Rylands Fragment'.
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?
Richard Bauckham and James Crossley discuss Bauckham's book 'Jesus and the Eyewitnesses' and consider its implications, on Justin…
An overview article linking to specific resources that examine the historical reliability of the Old and New Testaments.