5. The Reliability of the New Testament (External Evidence)

Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: http://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy There is so much external evidence for the New Testament, it could not all be fit into one video, but we tried to cover as much as we could find. 41 facts from William Paley: https://inspiringphilosophy.wordpress.com/2015/08/15/41-facts-confirmed-in-the-new-testament-from-william-paley/ Sources: Annals of Tacitus Josephus Antiquities The Historical Jesus - Craig Evans Josephus: The Man and Historian - J. Thackeray The of Face of New Testament Studies: Graham Twelftree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAN3kQHTKWI http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/06/120618-john-the-baptist-bones-jesus-christ-bible-bulgaria-science-higham/ http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/tomb-of-apostle-philip-found/ http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/145297 https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/capesyn.html http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/jerusalem/the-bethesda-pool-site-of-one-of-jesus’-miracles/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/archaeologists-find-possible-site-of-jesuss-trial-in-jerusalem/2015/01/04/6d0ce098-7f9a-45de-9639-b7922855bfdb_story.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2149750/Jesus-died-Friday-April-3-33AD-claim-researchers-tie-earthquake-data-gospels-date.html http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00206814.2011.639996 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/15/papua-new-guinea-earthquake_n_6875312.html The James Ossuary - Paul L. Maier http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_ossu.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/22/science/22JESU.html? pagewanted=1 Preliminary Report: External Expert Opinion on three Stone Items - Wolfgang E. Krumbein “Brother of Jesus” Proved Ancient and Authentic www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/“brother-of-jesus” -proved-ancient-and-authentic/ http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=43671 Building Belief - Ben Witherington III Credibility of the Gospel History - Nathaniel Lardner Jesus and the Eye Witnesses - Richard Bauckham http://truthbomb.blogspot.com/2012/01/84-confirmed-facts-in-last-16-chapters.html http://truthbomb.blogspot.com/2012/02/59-confirmed-or-historically-probable.html A View of the Evidences of Christianity - William Paley *If you are caught excessively commenting, being disrespectful, insulting, or derailing then your comments will be removed. If you do not like it you can watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn0Hq-sy3Wg "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."