Eyewitness Testimony in the Gospels
Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?
Explore some of the key beliefs of Christianity and find out why Christians believe they are reasonable.
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.
In this video, Richard Bauckham considers whether we can know who were the main witnesses behind the Gospel accounts of Jesus's life.
How many hand-written copies of the Gospel accounts are there? What does this reveal about possible mistakes?
Evidence in the Talmud for the crucifixion of Jesus.
What does the oldest fragment of the New Testament tell us?
The belief that Jesus rose from the dead is central to Christianity. But how can anyone believe it really happened?
Are the New Testament books an arbitrary or personal selection of what was available? Or is there more to it than that?
This talk explains why the claim that Jesus was no more than a moral teacher doesn't account for the evidence about him.