Real History, Real People
A brief account of some of the real history and real people to be found in the New Testament.
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A brief account of some of the real history and real people to be found in the New Testament.
Sean McDowell interviews Mike Licona on how his research into ancient biographies sheds light onto Gospel contradictions.
Are the New Testament books an arbitrary or personal selection of what was available? Or is there more to it than that?
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 correct place names shows that they were based on reliable information from first hand testimony.
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Myths are stories which are important to societies. But can it be helpful to compare the Gospel to stories such as The Lord of the Rings,…
Bart Ehrman and Pete Williams debate the trustworthiness of the New Testament documents on Justin Brierley's 'Unbelievable?' radio…
Dr John Dickson describes the key sources for our knowledge of the life of Jesus, assessing them from the perspective of an historian.