Craig L. Blomberg

American evangelical New Testament scholar and long-time professor at Denver Seminary, known for work on the historical reliability of the Gospels, Jesus studies, and the parables.

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  1. 1. The Historical Reliability Of The New Testament

    Countering the Challenges to Evangelical Christian Beliefs

    A comprehensive, accessible defense of the New Testament’s historical trustworthiness, this work surveys authorship, dating, genre, textual transmission, and archaeological corroboration across the Gospels, Acts, the Pauline and General Epistles, and Revelation. It evaluates major critical challenges—alleged contradictions, pseudonymity, legendary accretions, miracle reports, and textual variants—by synthesizing internal and external evidence, comparisons with Greco-Roman literature, and early Christian and non-Christian sources. The result is a measured case that the documents credibly preserve core events and teachings about Jesus and the early church, while acknowledging areas of uncertainty and ongoing scholarly debate.

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  2. 2. The Historical Reliability Of The Gospels

    Evaluates whether the canonical Gospels can be trusted as historical sources, arguing that they function as ancient biographies rooted in eyewitness testimony and reliable oral tradition. It surveys authorship, dating, textual transmission, and genre; addresses apparent contradictions, miracle accounts, and differences among the narratives; and considers archaeological and extra-biblical corroboration. Using criteria of authenticity and comparative studies with Greco-Roman literature, it concludes that, though the texts are theologically shaped, they substantially preserve the life and teachings of Jesus.

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