Sources: A Spectator's Guide to Jesus
Dr John Dickson describes the key sources for our knowledge of the life of Jesus, assessing them from the perspective of an historian.
"That's just your interpretation"
The little robotic sparrow lying on its back twitching occasionally while stuck inside a window at the Tate Modern is a piece by the Danish…
Good for you but not for me: was Jesus just a moral teacher?
This talk explains why the claim that Jesus was no more than a moral teacher doesn't account for the evidence about him.
The Main Witnesses in the Gospels
In this video, Richard Bauckham considers whether we can know who were the main witnesses behind the Gospel accounts of Jesus's life.
Eyewitness Testimony in the Gospels
Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?
Real People in the Gospels
The way the Gospel accounts use the right names for people shows that they were about real people, based on reliable information.
The Earliest Handwritten Copy of a Gospel
This video describes the discovery of the earliest copy of part of John's Gospel, the 'John Rylands Fragment'.
Jesus, the Gospels, and the Telephone Game
Were the Gospel accounts corrupted as they were passed on? Was there any way to prevent this happening?
Are Miracles Possible?
This video considers whether we can dismiss the accounts of Jesus's life simply because they describe miracles.