
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?
Who was Jesus Christ? Did he really exist? Can we know what he did and taught? Explore the evidence that shows Jesus was a historical figure and find out why Christians believe he was fully man and fully God – and why it matters.
Were the Gospel accounts corrupted as they were passed on? Was there any way to prevent this happening?
Once we've got at the facts behind the myths about Jesus, this final video considers what difference he makes to us today.
In this video, Richard Bauckham considers whether we can know who were the main witnesses behind the Gospel accounts of Jesus's life.
The way the Gospel accounts use the right names for people shows that they were about real people, based on reliable information.
What does the oldest fragment of the New Testament tell us?
Did Jesus claim or imply that he was anything more than a prophet? Or did his followers transform him into the Son of God many years later?
How many hand-written copies of the Gospel accounts are there? What does this reveal about possible mistakes?
How big are the differences between the hand-written copies of the Gospels' accounts of Jesus? Do these undermine what we can know about…