Chapter 14 Student Reading Guide

Jesus in Context

1. Summarize what we would know about Jesus if all we had were non-Christian sources of the first and second centuries of the Common Era.

2. Why do the New Testament Gospels pose problems for determining who Jesus was and what he said and did?

3. Be able to explain to your roommate the three criteria for establishing authentic tradition about Jesus and the logic behind each of them.

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