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The Historical Reliability of the Gospels
The Historical Reliability of the Gospels Author:Craig L. Blomberg For over twenty years, Craig Blomberg's Historical Reliability of the Gospels has provided a useful antidote to many of the toxic effects of skeptical criticism of the Gospels. Offering a calm, balanced overview of the history of Gospel criticism, especially that of the late twentieth century, Blomberg introduces readers to the methods employed ... more »by New Testament scholars and shows both the values and limits of those methods. He then delves more deeply into the question ofmiracles, Synoptic discrepancies and the differences between the Synoptics and John. After an assessment of noncanonical Jesus tradition, he addresses issues of historical method directly.This new edition has been thoroughly updated in light of new developments, with numerous additions to the footnotes and two added appendixes. Readers will find that over the past twenty years, the case for the historical trustworthiness of the Gospels has grown vastly stronger.
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Features and Benefits
Offers a solid overview and history of contemporary Gospel study methods
Explores the problem of miracles from scientific, philosophical and historical perspectives
Critically examines the issue of supposed contradictions among the Synoptics
Investigates alleged historical discrepancies between the Synoptics and John's Gospel
Surveys canonical and non-canonical Jesus tradition outside the Gospels