Messiah: Jesus, the evidence of history
What historical evidence is there for the life of Jesus and the first Christians?
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What historical evidence is there for the life of Jesus and the first Christians?
A discussion of Christian beliefs about the divinity of Jesus and why the New Testament did not include other 'gospels'.
Why the so-called "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" is a modern forgery.
Adrian Holloway tackles the question of whether we can trust what we read in the New Testament or should dismiss it as unsubstantiated myth.
This video considers how long it took before Jesus's first followers came to believe that he was the Son of God.
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?
Did the early Christian communities apply Jesus's teaching to the problems they faced or alter the facts to fit their agendas?
Can we know who wrote the Gospels? This video examines whether there is any evidence to support the traditional authors.