Messiah: Jesus, the evidence of history
What historical evidence is there for the life of Jesus and the first Christians?
Who was Jesus Christ? Did he really exist? Can we know what he did and taught? Explore the evidence that shows Jesus was a historical figure and find out why Christians believe he was fully man and fully God – and why it matters.
What historical evidence is there for the life of Jesus and the first Christians?
A previous article addressed the question, ‘Does the Bible really attest to the deity of Jesus?’ by looking at several…
Is Jesus History? by Professor John Dickson explores how the life of Jesus and the claims of the Bible intersect with sources from the…
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?
Did the early Christian communities apply Jesus's teaching to the problems they faced or alter the facts to fit their agendas?
How many hand-written copies of the Gospel accounts are there? What does this reveal about possible mistakes?
A response to the controversial claim that Jesus had a wife.
A review of Philip Pullman's The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ.