Ancient and Unreliable: Isn't the Bible just a book of myths?
Adrian Holloway tackles the question of whether we can trust what we read in the New Testament or should dismiss it as unsubstantiated myth.
When Did People First Believe Jesus Was the Son of God?
This video considers how long it took before Jesus's first followers came to believe that he was the Son of God.
Are There Contradictions in the Gospels?
Are the Gospels full of contradictions? What would have been seen as normal standards of trustworthy historical writing at that time?
Did the Gospel Writers Spin Their Accounts of Jesus?
Did the early Christian communities apply Jesus's teaching to the problems they faced or alter the facts to fit their agendas?
Who Wrote the Gospels?
Can we know who wrote the Gospels? This video examines whether there is any evidence to support the traditional authors.
The Main Witnesses in the Gospels
In this video, Richard Bauckham considers whether we can know who were the main witnesses behind the Gospel accounts of Jesus's life.
Eyewitness Testimony in the Gospels
Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?
Real People in the Gospels
The way the Gospel accounts use the right names for people shows that they were about real people, based on reliable information.
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?