Canonical Gospels as Historical Sources | Risen Jesus Podcast S5E2

Welcome to Season 5 Episode 2! In this season, we are diving into the historical sources pertaining to the resurrection of Jesus and discussing how probable or helpful some of them are. In this episode, we discuss the reliability of the Canonical Gospels as historical sources for the resurrection of Jesus.

Mike Licona is associate professor of theology at Houston Baptist University. HBU offers a fully accredited Master of Arts degree in Christian Apologetics that can be completed entirely online or on the HBU campus in Houston. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2Wlej6Z.

[0:00] Intro
[0:37] Why a Historian should Consider the Gospels
[3:43] The Challenges of the Reliability of Ancient Biography
[8:10] Objection: Gospels as Biased Exaggeration of Jesus
[10:40] Miracles Effecting our Methodology
[12:20] Date of the Gospels and Memory
[16:15] The Impact of Emotional Experience on Memory
[18:57] The Contested Authorship of the Gospels
[22:23] Spectrum of Reliability on Gospel Authors
[23:09] Viewer Question: If Matthew really wrote Matthew why would he have to be so dependent on Mark?
[27:20] Outro

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