The Jesus of the Gospels (NT254) focuses on the historical Jesus and the reliability of the four gospels. The course surveys different “quests” for the historical Jesus by critical scholarship and examines, apologetically, what we can demonstrate about the person of Jesus. It assesses the teaching of Jesus, his miracles, the intention of his ministry, and the historical evidence for his death and resurrection.
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
2m
The Gospels and the Historical Jesus
What Can We Know about Jesus?
3m
Sources for Knowing about Jesus
9m
What Are the Gospels? Part 1
10m
What Are the Gospels? Part 2
9m
How the Gospels Came to Be
6m
Quests for the Historical Jesus
Searching for the Real Jesus
5m
The First Quest for the Historical Jesus
8m
Rudolf Bultmann and the Period of No Quest: Part 1
9m
Rudolf Bultmann and the Period of No Quest: Part 2
6m
The Second Quest and the Jesus Seminar
9m
The Contemporary Scene
5m
Examining Method and Context
8m
The Criteria of Authenticity
10m
Contemporary Portraits: Part 1
10m
Contemporary Portraits: Part 2
10m
The Reliability of the Gospels
Presuppositions, Biases, and the Burden of Proof
5m
Luke: A Reliable Historian
6m
A Generally Reliable Gospel Tradition
11m
Contradictions in the Gospels
13m
The Historical Reliability of John
11m
The Chronology of Jesus’ Ministry
A Portrait of Jesus from Afar
11m
The Basic Structure of Jesus’ Ministry
4m
A Chronology of Jesus’ Life
8m
Jesus’ Birth and Childhood
Introduction to the Birth Narratives
6m
The Genealogies
8m
The Virginal Conception
5m
Bethlehem and the Census
7m
Popular Myths about Christmas
4m
Jesus’ Family Life
7m
The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry
John the Baptist: The Herald of Messianic Salvation