"It is admitted by all church authorities that no record of anything Jesus said was recorded."
You are referring to the biblical manuscripts, A manuscript is a handwritten copy of an original writing. Obviously, the tape recorder was not invented yet. So, all manuscripts were hand copied.
There are 24,363 manuscripts of the Bible. After the papyri manuscripts were discovered, an abundance of other manuscripts came to light. We have manuscripts that date to 60 AD within a generation of Jesus' live (i.e. Magdalene papyrus, 7Q4 and 7Q5 of Qumran 68 AD).
There are tests of historiography that all books of antiquity are judged by for their authenticity. In comparison, Aristotle wrote his writings of poetics in 343 BC and yet the earliest copy [manuscript] we have is dated 1100 AD. That’s nearly a 1,400-year gap in time. Only 5 manuscripts are in existence. Caesar composed his history of the Gallic wars between 58 – 50 BC and yet the earliest copy we have is a 1,000 years after his death. Only 9 to 10 copies now exist.
Incredibly, people do not question the authenticity of these writings. We take them to be fact. I have alluded to one of the tests of historiography where the number of manuscripts and the earliest copies are evaluated. This is called the Bibliography test. I can challenge anyone to muster up the top 10 read books of antiquity and they still won’t come close to authenticity of the Bible. In addition to this, we have the living line of “Church fathers,” (Ignatius, Polycarp, Clement of Rome, et al.) From these writings outside of the New Testament, there is the entire New Testament – all but 11 verses. They quote the writings of the gospel and epistles 232 times.
The Internal Evidence test is another feature of the Tests of historiography. This test examines what the writers have said about the events that took place. Aristotle’s dictum is implied – “The benefit of the doubt is to be given to the document itself, and not arrogated by the critic to himself.” As an analogy, if I told you I owned a green coat, it is your responsibility to prove I do not own one. Until then, it is assumed that this is indeed the truth. In law, I believe this premise is called the law of presumption.
You will find at least 23 different times the writers of the New Testament recorded they were “eye witnesses.” Moreover, they proclaimed Christ Jesus and His resurrection often to hostile crowds. They appealed to the knowledge of their listeners when speaking about Jesus’ resurrection. They spoke of it as a fact, as common knowledge, which any public speaker knows is risky business. They wrote about people, places, times that corroborated with each other’s testimony. Each writer expresses the story from their personal experience, from how the events affected them just as witnesses today would describe indelible events they experienced. These Gospel writers died terrible deaths. Peter, James (son of Apheas), Andrew, Philip, Simon, and Bartholomew were all crucified. Matthew and James (son of Zebedee) died from the sword. Thaddeaus was killed by arrows. And the brother of Jesus was stoned to death. John was dipped in boiling oil several times, but wouldn’t die. He must have impressed his torturers because he was then exiled.
The External Evidence test is the third test of historiography. It accounts for whether other historical material confirms or denies the internal evidence found in the manuscripts. There are over 21 documents that are widely accepted by archeologists outside of the books of the Bible. These all confirm the message of the New Testament. Some of these are Flavius Josephus, Justin Martyr, Plineus Secondus, Tertullian, Cornelius Tacitus, Hippolytus, Polycarp, Lucian of Samosata, Suetonius, Thallus, Phlegon, Mara bar-Serepion, the Talmud, Eusibius, Irenaeaus, Ignatius, Origen, Cyprian, Clement of Rome, et. al.
"It is admitted by all church authorities that no record of anything Jesus said was recorded."
You are referring to the biblical manuscripts, A manuscript is a handwritten copy of an original writing. Obviously, the tape recorder was not invented yet. So, all manuscripts were hand copied.
There are 24,363 manuscripts of the Bible. After the papyri manuscripts were discovered, an abundance of other manuscripts came to light. We have manuscripts that date to 60 AD within a generation of Jesus' live (i.e. Magdalene papyrus, 7Q4 and 7Q5 of Qumran 68 AD).
There are tests of historiography that all books of antiquity are judged by for their authenticity. In comparison, Aristotle wrote his writings of poetics in 343 BC and yet the earliest copy [manuscript] we have is dated 1100 AD. That’s nearly a 1,400-year gap in time. Only 5 manuscripts are in existence. Caesar composed his history of the Gallic wars between 58 – 50 BC and yet the earliest copy we have is a 1,000 years after his death. Only 9 to 10 copies now exist.
Incredibly, people do not question the authenticity of these writings. We take them to be fact. I have alluded to one of the tests of historiography where the number of manuscripts and the earliest copies are evaluated. This is called the Bibliography test. I can challenge anyone to muster up the top 10 read books of antiquity and they still won’t come close to authenticity of the Bible. In addition to this, we have the living line of “Church fathers,” (Ignatius, Polycarp, Clement of Rome, et al.) From these writings outside of the New Testament, there is the entire New Testament – all but 11 verses. They quote the writings of the gospel and epistles 232 times.
The** Internal Evidence test** is another feature of the Tests of historiography. This test examines what the writers have said about the events that took place. Aristotle’s dictum is implied – “The benefit of the doubt is to be given to the document itself, and not arrogated by the critic to himself.” As an analogy, if I told you I owned a green coat, it is your responsibility to prove I do not own one. Until then, it is assumed that this is indeed the truth. In law, I believe this premise is called the law of presumption.
You will find at least 23 different times the writers of the New Testament recorded they were “eye witnesses.” Moreover, they proclaimed Christ Jesus and His resurrection often to hostile crowds. They appealed to the knowledge of their listeners when speaking about Jesus’ resurrection. They spoke of it as a fact, as common knowledge, which any public speaker knows is risky business. They wrote about people, places, times that corroborated with each other’s testimony. Each writer expresses the story from their personal experience, from how the events affected them just as witnesses today would describe indelible events they experienced. These Gospel writers died terrible deaths. Peter, James (son of Apheas), Andrew, Philip, Simon, and Bartholomew were all crucified. Matthew and James (son of Zebedee) died from the sword. Thaddeaus was killed by arrows. And the brother of Jesus was stoned to death. John was dipped in boiling oil several times, but wouldn’t die. He must have impressed his torturers because he was then exiled.
The External Evidence test is the third test of historiography. It accounts for whether other historical material confirms or denies the internal evidence found in the manuscripts. There are over 21 documents that are widely accepted by archeologists outside of the books of the Bible. These all confirm the message of the New Testament. Some of these are Flavius Josephus, Justin Martyr, Plineus Secondus, Tertullian, Cornelius Tacitus, Hippolytus, Polycarp, Lucian of Samosata, Suetonius, Thallus, Phlegon, Mara bar-Serepion, the Talmud, Eusibius, Irenaeaus, Ignatius, Origen, Cyprian, Clement of Rome, et. al.
"It is admitted by all church authorities that no record of anything Jesus said was recorded."
You are referring to the biblical manuscripts, A manuscript is a handwritten copy of an original writing. Obviously, the tape recorder was not invented yet. So, all manuscripts were hand copied.
There are 24,363 manuscripts of the Bible. After the papyri manuscripts were discovered, an abundance of other manuscripts came to light. We have manuscripts that date to 60 AD within a generation of Jesus' live (i.e. Magdalene papyrus, 7Q4 and 7Q5 of Qumran 68 AD).
There are tests of historiography that all books of antiquity are judged by. In comparison, Aristotle wrote his writings of poetics in 343 BC and yet the earliest copy [manuscript] we have is dated 1100 AD. That’s nearly a 1,400-year gap in time. Only 5 manuscripts are in existence. Caesar composed his history of the Gallic wars between 58 – 50 BC and yet the earliest copy we have is a 1,000 years after his death. Only 9 to 10 copies now exist.
Incredibly, people do not question the authenticity of these writings. We take them to be fact. I have alluded to one of the tests of historiography where the number of manuscripts and the earliest copies are evaluated. This is called the Bibliography test. I can challenge anyone to muster up the top 10 read books of antiquity and they still won’t come close to authenticity of the Bible. In addition to this, we have the living line of “Church fathers,” (Ignatius, Polycarp, Clement of Rome, et al.) From these writings outside of the New Testament, there is the entire New Testament – all but 11 verses. They quote the writings of the gospel and epistles 232 times.
The** Internal Evidence test** is another feature of the Tests of historiography. This test examines what the writers have said about the events that took place. Aristotle’s dictum is implied – “The benefit of the doubt is to be given to the document itself, and not arrogated by the critic to himself.” As an analogy, if I told you I owned a green coat, it is your responsibility to prove I do not own one. Until then, it is assumed that this is indeed the truth. In law, I believe this premise is called the law of presumption.
You will find at least 23 different times the writers of the New Testament recorded they were “eye witnesses.” Moreover, they proclaimed Christ Jesus and His resurrection often to hostile crowds. They appealed to the knowledge of their listeners when speaking about Jesus’ resurrection. They spoke of it as a fact, as common knowledge, which any public speaker knows is risky business. They wrote about people, places, times that corroborated with each other’s testimony. Each writer expresses the story from their personal experience, from how the events affected them just as witnesses today would describe indelible events they experienced. These Gospel writers died terrible deaths. Peter, James (son of Apheas), Andrew, Philip, Simon, and Bartholomew were all crucified. Matthew and James (son of Zebedee) died from the sword. Thaddeaus was killed by arrows. And the brother of Jesus was stoned to death. John was dipped in boiling oil several times, but wouldn’t die. He must have impressed his torturers because he was then exiled.
The External Evidence test is the third test of historiography. It accounts for whether other historical material confirms or denies the internal evidence found in the manuscripts. There are over 21 documents that are widely accepted by archeologists outside of the books of the Bible. These all confirm the message of the New Testament. Some of these are Flavius Josephus, Justin Martyr, Plineus Secondus, Tertullian, Cornelius Tacitus, Hippolytus, Polycarp, Lucian of Samosata, Suetonius, Thallus, Phlegon, Mara bar-Serepion, the Talmud, Eusibius, Irenaeaus, Ignatius, Origen, Cyprian, Clement of Rome, et. al.
"It is admitted by all church authorities that no record of anything Jesus said was recorded."
You are referring to the biblical manuscripts, A manuscript is a handwritten copy of an original writing. Obviously, the tape recorder was not invented yet. So, all manuscripts were hand copied.
There are 24,363 manuscripts of the Bible. After the papyri manuscripts were discovered, an abundance of other manuscripts came to light. We have manuscripts that date to 60 AD within a generation of Jesus' live (i.e. Magdalene papyrus, 7Q4 and 7Q5 of Qumran 68 AD).
There are tests of historiography that all books of antiquity are judged by. In comparison, Aristotle wrote his writings of poetics in 343 BC and yet the earliest copy [manuscript] we have is dated 1100 AD. That’s nearly a 1,400-year gap in time. Only 5 manuscripts are in existence. Caesar composed his history of the Gallic wars between 58 – 50 BC and yet the earliest copy we have is a 1,000 years after his death. Only 9 to 10 copies now exist.
Incredibly, people do not question the authenticity of these writings. We take them to be fact. I have alluded to one of the tests of historiography where the number of manuscripts and the earliest copies are evaluated. This is called the Bibliography test. I can challenge anyone to muster up the top ten read books of antiquity and they still won’t come close to the Bible. In addition to this, we have the living line of “Church fathers,” (Ignatius, Polycarp, Clement of Rome, et al.) From these writings outside of the New Testament, there is the entire New Testament – all but 11 verses. They quote the writings of the gospel and epistles 232 times.
The** Internal Evidence test** is another feature of the Tests of historiography. This test examines what the writers have said about the events that took place. Aristotle’s dictum is implied – “The benefit of the doubt is to be given to the document itself, and not arrogated by the critic to himself.” As an analogy, if I told you I owned a green coat, it is your responsibility to prove I do not own one. Until then, it is assumed that this is indeed the truth. In law, I believe this premise is called the law of presumption.
You will find at least 23 different times the writers of the New Testament recorded they were “eye witnesses.” Moreover, they proclaimed Christ Jesus and His resurrection often to hostile crowds. They appealed to the knowledge of their listeners when speaking about Jesus’ resurrection. They spoke of it as a fact, as common knowledge, which any public speaker knows is risky business. They wrote about people, places, times that corroborated with each other’s testimony. Each writer expresses the story from their personal experience, from how the events affected them just as witnesses today would describe indelible events they experienced. These Gospel writers died terrible deaths. Peter, James (son of Apheas), Andrew, Philip, Simon, and Bartholomew were all crucified. Matthew and James (son of Zebedee) died from the sword. Thaddeaus was killed by arrows. And the brother of Jesus was stoned to death. John was dipped in boiling oil several times, but wouldn’t die. He must have impressed his torturers because he was then exiled.
The External Evidence test is the third test of historiography. It accounts for whether other historical material confirms or denies the internal evidence found in the manuscripts. There are over 21 documents that are widely accepted by archeologists outside of the books of the Bible. These all confirm the message of the New Testament. Some of these are Flavius Josephus, Justin Martyr, Plineus Secondus, Tertullian, Cornelius Tacitus, Hippolytus, Polycarp, Lucian of Samosata, Suetonius, Thallus, Phlegon, Mara bar-Serepion, the Talmud, Eusibius, Irenaeaus, Ignatius, Origen, Cyprian, Clement of Rome, et. al.