CMW050: How would the Gospels Look Different if? Part1, Interview with Dr Ben Witherington III

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This week starts with Part 1 of a 5 part series of interviews with believers and skeptics exploring the question, “How would the Gospel look different if …?”. I hope you enjoy this first interview with my guest Dr Ben Witherington III from Ashbury Theological Seminary, look at the question, “How would the Gospels look different if they were False?”.

Show Notes

• Dr Witherington’s website and also the website of Asbury Seminary where he teaches
• The website Early Christian Writings contains links to many of the non-canonical sources mentioned
• Early Christian Writings has a large collection of writings circulating in the first couple of centuries of the Christian Churches existence.
• The Diatesaron by Tatian
• Apollonius of Tyana
• The Books of the Maccabees and Wikipedia has an article on who they were
• The Gospel of Thomas
• The Gospel of Peter
• The Infancy Gospel of James and The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
• The Gospel of Philip
• The Gospel of Mary
• The Gospel of Judas
• Papyrology is the study of ancient documents
• The writings of Irenaeus of Lyons and who he was

Books to Consider

• Dr Witherington writes a lot of books and here are couple to consider that are relevant to the topic
• The Gospel Code: Novel Claims About Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Da Vinci
• What Have They Done with Jesus?: Beyond Strange Theories and Bad History–Why We Can Trust the Bible
• New Testament History: A Narrative Account
• New Testament Rhetoric: An Introduction Guide to the Art of Persuasion in and of the New Testament

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