The Unknown Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

The New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John provide us with virtually all our knowledge of what Jesus said and did.

His birth in Bethlehem to the Virgin Mary
His baptism by John the Baptist
His miracles of healing and casting out demons
His Sermon on the Mount
All His parables
His triumphal entry and Last Supper
His trial and crucifixion
His resurrection on the third day

The historian wants to know: Can we corroborate these accounts? Are they historically reliable? Are some of them based on myth and legend?

How do historians understand the New Testament Gospels differently from most lay readers, Christian or non-Christian?
Are the Gospels theologically insightful narratives? Historically accurate accounts? Both? Neither?
Were they written by eyewitnesses, or at least based on eyewitness testimony?
How do we explain their vast similarities and differences?
How can we know when they were written?
When and why did scholars begin to question their historical value?
Were the stories they tell changed, or even invented, as they circulated by word of mouth over the years?
Wouldn’t surviving eyewitnesses correct inaccuracies in the Gospels?
Don’t oral cultures strive to preserve their traditions accurately?
Did the Gospel authors care what really happened?
Would Christian authors intentionally make up stories?
Can there be true stories that never happened?

Bart D. Ehrman is a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina. He has written or edited thirty-four books, including six New York Times bestsellers: How Jesus Became God, Misquoting Jesus, Jesus Interrupted, and Forged.

Bart's work has been featured in The New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Time, and Newsweek; he has appeared on National Geographic, CNN, the BBC, NBC's Dateline, the Discovery Channel, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the Sam Harris Podcast, and many other top media outlets.

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