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'.

How big are the differences between the hand-written copies of the Gospels' accounts of Jesus? Do these undermine what we can know about…

How many hand-written copies of the Gospel accounts are there? What does this reveal about possible mistakes?

This video considers whether we can dismiss the accounts of Jesus's life simply because they describe miracles.

What does the biblical account say about the star of Bethlehem? Is it historically credible?

Evidence in the Talmud for the crucifixion of Jesus.

What does the oldest fragment of the New Testament tell us?

You may have seen the recent programme "The Beauty of Books: Ancient Bibles" on BBC4, 8th February 2011. This well-produced and researched…