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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Josephus Flavius Josephus Flavius (37-101 AD), a 1st century historian who penned his work around 94 AD, is important for historians wishing to gain early insight into the first Jewish-Roman […]
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 […]
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 […]
