Eyewitness Testimony in the Gospels
Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?
Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?
The way the Gospel accounts use correct place names shows that they were based on reliable information from first hand testimony.
Were the Gospel accounts corrupted as they were passed on? Was there any way to prevent this happening?
How big are the differences between the hand-written copies of the Gospels' accounts of Jesus? Do these undermine what we can know about…
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,…
Did the early Christian communities apply Jesus's teaching to the problems they faced or alter the facts to fit their agendas?
This video describes the discovery of the earliest copy of part of John's Gospel, the 'John Rylands Fragment'.
Can we be confident that we have the original text of the Gospels? How does it compare to other ancient documents?
How many hand-written copies of the Gospel accounts are there? What does this reveal about possible mistakes?