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

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

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.

The doctrine of Christ's divinity is the central Christian doctrine, for it is like a skeleton key that opens all the others. Christians…

Who did Jesus really think he was? Did he actually claim to be God? And does it matter if he did?

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?

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