Despite a few dissenters, the pre-Markan passion narrative (which refers to an early source the author of Mark used when he formulated Christ’s passion story) is a widely accepted theory and therefore […]
The majority of historians believe that one of the best attested facts about Jesus Christ’s life is that he died by crucifixion. This article only presents the evidence in its most simplified […]
“Q” (from the German word Quelle which means source) is a hypothetical source that both Matthew and Luke used for the formation of content within their respective gospels. Q is referred to […]
What is multiple attestation? Independent attestation is a tool used by historians for trying to determine whether certain actions or sayings of Jesus Christ, or any historical figure, can be established with […]
Josephus Flavius (37-101 CE), a first-century historian who composed his work Antiquities of the Jews around 95 CE, is an important writer for historians wishing to gain early insight into the First […]
According to Robert Fortna “to many scholars there has seemed to lie behind the present text a protogospel that presented only Jesus’ signs, and a series of them, and did so wholly […]
A majority of scholars believe that the author of Luke’s gospel was relying on a substantial source of pre-existing source material known as “L” that is distinct from Q and Mark. However, […]
