Mon 1 Oct 2007
The Historical Reliability of the New Testament: Revisited!
Posted by Darren under Announcements , Apologetics , Bible , Evangelism , Faith , God , Jesus
Finally completed my update of my essay/eBook The Historical Reliability of the New Testament! My original essay was rather short (due to the prescribed limits of the seminary class assignment for which it was written) however I have greatly expanded the essay (from approximately 3,000 words to over 8,000 words) and included many more details, observations, and citation of important thinkers on many subjects. Therefore, I now feel it's more legitimate to consider it an eBook on its own, although if I ever finish my more comprehensive eBook, this will likely become a single chapter within that larger work. The only entirely new section in this update is "The Copycat Argument", which refutes theories that the New Testament is merely the product of copying other religious myths. (Though I lent out my copy of Strobel's newest, The Case for the Real Jesus, so I may add some material from that book once I get it back.)
If you've read it before, check out the new version! If not, no better time than the present to read it now! (It's got a swanky new cover and everything! :))
You can also use this shorter URL to link to the eBook: http://www.whyfaith.com/nt/
4 Responses to “The Historical Reliability of the New Testament: Revisited!”
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October 9th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Just wanted to point out that you have slightly misrepresented Hume's views regarding miracles. He did not claim that miracles are impossible. What he did claim is that given the low probability of a New Testament type of miracle (there has, e.g., only been one Resurrection in all of human history), one cannot rely on eyewitness testimony alone to substantiate a claim that such a miracle has occurred.
You are right, of course, in pointing out that some people do say that miracles are impossible, but that wasn't Hume's position.
October 13th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Randy, thanks for that correction. I was aware of Hume's position, having read his famous writing on miracles at least twice now, but must have had a brain cramp when I was writing that section! I'll review that part and rewrite it as necessary. [b]Edit: I've updated the ebook to clarify things.[/b]
October 16th, 2007 at 2:21 am
I was able to skim through a lot of your blog posts, Darren. I want to say that this is one of the most stimulating apologetic blogs I have read!! Thanks for the great work you are doing.
Kyl Schalk
October 17th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Thanks for the comments Kyl! Your post reminded me that I should link to Apollos; I added a link to the blogroll.