Adrian Holloway tackles the question of whether we can trust what we read in the New Testament or should dismiss it as unsubstantiated myth.

Are the Gospels full of contradictions? What would have been seen as normal standards of trustworthy historical writing at that time?

The way the Gospel accounts use the right names for people shows that they were about real people, based on reliable information.

Are the New Testament books an arbitrary or personal selection of what was available? Or is there more to it than that?

The way the Gospel accounts use correct place names shows that they were based on reliable information from first hand testimony.

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?

Did Jesus claim or imply that he was anything more than a prophet? Or did his followers transform him into the Son of God many years later?

Did the early Christian communities apply Jesus's teaching to the problems they faced or alter the facts to fit their agendas?