Overcoming Objections to the Gospels
  • Introduction
  • The Basis of the Biblical Text
  • The Problem of Variants
  • The Purpose of Translations
  • Testing the Validity of the Bible: Archaeological and Historical Proof
  • Testing the Validity of the Bible: External and Internal Sources
  • Confirming Scripture: Undesigned Coincidences & Canonization
  • The Criteria and the Debate of Canonicity
Eyewitness Accounts Preserved through Oral Tradition
  • Eyewitness Testimony
  • Protective Anonymity
  • The Formality of the Oral Tradition
  • The Integrity of the Oral Tradition
Redaction with a Purpose
  • The Truth about Contradictions
  • The Influence of Genre
  • The Purpose of Redaction: Clarifying the Text
  • Handling Differences in Communication Styles
  • The Teaching and Application of Ancient Writing Techniques
  • Examples of Redaction in the Gospels
  • Introducing Secular Examples of Redaction in Ancient Biographies
  • Examples of the Accepted Practice of Transferal
  • Examples of the Accepted Practice of Literary Spotlighting
  • Examples of the Accepted Practice of Simplification
  • Remembering Genre
  • Concluding the Course
  • Consider the working through the expanded version of this course in Logos.