Are the gospels based on eye-witness accounts? by Dr Kevin Rogers, 26 August, 2021.
February 19, 2022
Dating the gospels is controversial, but some scholars date the gospels from 65 AD for Mark and up to 95 AD for John. In the meantime, the gospel message was supposedly passed on mainly by word of mouth. Sceptics claim that the stories were distorted and embellished by Chinese whispers, and then written down to meet the needs of the church at the time of writing. Thus, they are historically unreliable.
Is this true, or are the gospels based on eye-witness testimony? So,
- What do the gospel authors claim about the nature of their testimony,
- Can they be trusted, and
- How can we know?
Kevin Rogers is the director of Reasonable Faith Adelaide. He is also a researcher, research supervisor and former lecturer at the University of South Australia.
Kevin’s presentation can be viewed on YouTube.
