Episode 162: Only One Jesus: The Unity of Jesus’ Portrait in All Four Gospels - With Lydia McGrew
Description
New Testament scholars treat John's gospel as largely a-historical when it comes to things Jesus said and did. This is even true of some evangelical scholars. For example, Craig Evans has publicly said that Jesus just sounds too different from how he talks in the synoptics, so John more or less paints an interpretive portrait of Jesus, making up things that Jesus never literally said in the narrative contexts we read about, but still vaguely captures some essence of what the historical Jesus taught. But how solid of a conclusion is this view? In this episode, Dr. Lydia McGrew offers a rebuttal.
To read more about this, check out Dr. McGrew's book "The Eye Of The Beholder: The Gospel Of John As Historical Reportage" and "Testimonies To The Truth: Why You Can Trust The Gospels". Click the links below for both books respectively.
https://www.amazon.com/Eye-Beholder-Gospel-Historical-Reportage/dp/1947929151
https://www.amazon.com/Testimonies-Truth-Why-Trust-Gospels/dp/1947929232/ref=d_m_crc_dp_lf_d_t1_sccl_2_2/135-4936731-3445617?pd_rd_w=CXY0O&content-id=amzn1.sym.5d471845-5073-424b-b27b-c0676f48a016&pf_rd_p=5d471845-5073-424b-b27b-c0676f48a016&pf_rd_r=H1XRG76F930CZD2NG53G&pd_rd_wg=r1cvP&pd_rd_r=0adbae74-ce82-45b1-97d6-930b1d216e68&pd_rd_i=1947929232&psc=1
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