Modern Old Testament Study
A survey of various aspects of contemporary Old Testament study relating to its reliability and authority.
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A survey of various aspects of contemporary Old Testament study relating to its reliability and authority.
William Lane Craig responds to Stephen Hawking's claim that cosmology is "a religion for intelligent atheists".
Did 'core' Christian beliefs slowly change over history? This talk considers: the Gospels; the divinity of Jesus; and the resurrection.
This video considers how long it took before Jesus's first followers came to believe that he was the Son of God.
Are the Gospels full of contradictions? What would have been seen as normal standards of trustworthy historical writing at that time?
Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?
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…
Can we be confident that we have the original text of the Gospels? How does it compare to other ancient documents?