How Do Scholars Decide Which Jesus Traditions Are Authentic? — Gospel Reliability | Session 15

Session 15 - Dr. Craig Blomberg | Historical Reliability of the Gospels

Why is there so much diversity in historical Jesus research?
What are the classic criteria of authenticity?
And are newer approaches improving the conversation or complicating it?

In this session, Dr. Craig Blomberg explains why scholarly portraits of Jesus vary so widely and then walks through the main criteria used to assess authenticity. From multiple attestation and coherence to newer proposals about similarity and context, this lesson gives you the tools to understand how the debate works.

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