This video examines the historical evidence for the life of Jesus, including discussion of the non-biblical evidence.

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

The way the Gospel accounts use correct place names shows that they were based on reliable information from first hand testimony.

Can we be confident that we have the original text of the Gospels? How does it compare to other ancient documents?

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?

This video describes the discovery of the earliest copy of part of John's Gospel, the 'John Rylands Fragment'.

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

Once we've got at the facts behind the myths about Jesus, this final video considers what difference he makes to us today.