What does the oldest fragment of the New Testament tell us?

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

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.

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

This video describes the discovery of the earliest copy of part of John's Gospel, the 'John Rylands Fragment'.

Were the Gospel accounts corrupted as they were passed on? Was there any way to prevent this happening?