hand, numerous skeptics claim that the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are myth and have no basis in historical fact. Yet, as historian Paul Merkley pointed out two decades ago in his article, “The Gospels as Historical Testimony,” far less historical evidence exists for the ...
Apologetically, this is significant because some skeptics have appealed to differences in the two accounts as evidence that the Gospel writers aren’t reliable. In fact, they seem to contradict each other. Matthew says Jesus “went up on the mountain” (Matt. 5:1) and gave his disciples the...
of the Bible. Weaving the gospels together is possible, but the gospels should never be taken as an exhaustive biography in the modern sense. Instead, the accounts follow the common ancient method of highlighting key events and themes. Each telling presents a distinct perspective on the same...
I'm thinking of reliability in two different senses. On the one hand, I intend to show that the biblical gospels are reliable sources of historical information about Jesus. In spite of their various limitations, these documents can help us to know quite a bit about what Jesus said and did....
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He knew their thoughts, if he did not overhear their words, and he reproved them severely on two accounts - first, for want of faith in his care; and secondly, for not understanding the mystical allusion in the word "leaven." Ye of little faith. They showed lack of faith by being ...
whatever else the Gospels are they are not legends Another point is that on that view you would have to regard the accounts of the Man as beinglegends. Now, as a literary historian, I am perfectly convinced that whatever else the Gospels are they are not legends. I have read a great de...
The Gospels provide no information about the ancestry of Mary, who as the virgin mother of Jesus provides the only relevant genealogy. And if Jesus looked any different from an ordinary Jew, the accounts would have made mention of it, as in the references to the Ethiopian eunuch, he said....
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are believed to all stem from an original “Q (Source) Document,” but Thomas predates all of them, but is probably contemporary with Q, forming a true second witness. In the Gospels, the sayings of Jesus are linked together to form a narrative. ...