How do we know we have what the original writers actually wrote?
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Multiple Attestation: Lots of People Talkin’ about Jesus
When it comes to the historical reliability of a document, the first thing we need to look at is if there is multiple attestation for the events, people and places described that corroborate the document. This means that many different people have written about these things or there is physical evidence from archaeology. Multiple attestation…
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History and The New Testament
Can we use the New Testament in the study of history and the Resurrection? Most of the information we have surrounding Jesus’ life, death and the events that happened after are based on the claims reported in the New Testament. This can be a particularly difficult obstacle when a skeptic might be inclined to disregard…
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Not a Theologian 