Did Paul and Constantine invent Christianity?
Some people claim that the apostle Paul and later Emperor Constantine changed the pristine religion preached by Jesus for their own ends.…
The Quest for the Historical Israel – a review
Finkelstein and Mazar represent two of the most influential Israeli archaeologists of the present generation. Finkelstein is a professor at…
Geography and the Reliability of the Gospels
This video describes how the geographical descriptions in the New Testament Gospels demonstrate their reliability.
Are the apocryphal gospels true?
Some reflections on why the canonical Gospels are in the Bible whereas the apocryphal Gospels are not.
The Qur’an vs the Bible
For the first time, Western Orientalists (primarily in Europe) are applying an external historical / critical analysis of the Qur’an,…
Eyewitness testimony in the Bible's accounts of Jesus
Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?
Real places in the Bible's accounts of Jesus
The way the Gospel accounts use correct place names shows that they were based on reliable information from first hand testimony.
Did the Events Recorded in the Bible Really Happen?
An overview article linking to specific resources that examine the historical reliability of the Old and New Testaments.
Jesus, Interrupted – a review
Readers of EN may remember a previous article where I reviewed several books by Bart Ehrman. I observed that Ehrman had previously been a…