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?
Were the Gospel accounts corrupted as they were passed on? Was there any way to prevent this happening?
Once we've got at the facts behind the myths about Jesus, this final video considers what difference he makes to us today.
Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?
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?
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'.
Do the Gospels give us any indication that they are using eyewitness testimony? Richard Bauckham examines some of the minor characters in…
How big are the differences between the hand-written copies of the Gospels' accounts of Jesus? Do these undermine what we can know about…