The four Gospels have been a primary source of information about Jesus Christ for 2,000 years, but in recent times, some skeptics have said they were written so late after Jesus, they aren’t reliable. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli find out what tradition, Church teaching, and historical sources tell about when the Gospels were really written.
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Links for this episode:
- Jimmy’s book The Bible Is a Catholic Book
- Richard Bauckham’s book Jesus and the Eyewitnesses (2nd edition)
- Richard Bauckham’s book The Gospels for All Christians
- John A. T. Robinson’s book Redating the New Testament
- Adolf von Harnack’s book The Date of the Acts and of the Synoptic Gospels
- Jack Finnegan’s Handbook of Biblical Chronology
- Andrew Steinmann’s From Abraham to Paul
- Jimmy’s full treatment of the dates of the Gospels
- Jimmy’s website on the Synoptic Problem
- Link to episode of The Big Story
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