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Thanks!!! Links: <a href==Helpful publications==* ''httpThe New Testament Documents://wwwAre They Reliable?'', by [[F.dorankF.comBruce]]* '>pagerank main</a> 'The Historical Reliability of the Gospels'', by [[Craig Blomberg]]* ''Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority, and Authenticity'', by [http://www[James White]] (see pp.dorank136-168)* ''Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics'', by [[Norman Geisler]] (see pp.com improve pagerank default] 91- [HTTP96) ==Quotes==''Irenaeus Against Heresies,'' book 3: ch 10://www.dorankpara 5.com improve pagerank default] : Page 426 in ANF1, that is, [PageRank 11|httphttps://www.dorankccel.com] - [PageRank 11|HTTP:org/ccel/schaff/www.dorankanf01 Roberts A, Donaldson J and Coxe AC (1885) ''Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol 1'', at Christian Classics Ethereal Library.com] : http://www [c 185 AD.dorank Evidence against the Victorian revisions (Westcott-Hort) to the New Testament Greek text.com/improvepr/ The Victorian Greek New Testament is critical of Mark 16: [[http9-20, despite the fact that Irenaeus regards Mark 16://www19 as written by Mark.dorank.com google rank 20]] : [[http://www.dorank.com | pagerank 5]Irenaeus wrote] Also, towards the conclusion of his Gospel, Mark says: "online pr16So then, after the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God;" http://www.dorank.com : [httpMark 16://www.dorank.com|google pr19]
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Just added a sentence of explanation re the Irenaeus quote.
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Christianity is "built upon the foundation of faith in the '''historical Jesus''' who is revealed by the '''historical New Testament''' documents. It is of utmost importance that these documents show themselves to be trustworthy and reliable since they are the primary documentary sources substantiating the object of the Christian faith, who is Jesus Christ. Unlike other religious systems which simply express a code of ethic, morality, and philosophical ideas, the Bible claims to be God's divine revelation for all of mankind and it verifies its claims through historical evidence. As New Testament scholar F.F. Bruce notes, "And this Good News is intimately bound up with the historical order, for it tells how the world's redemptive God entered into history, the Eternal came into time, the Kingdom of heaven invaded the realm of earth, in the great events of the Incarnation, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus the Christ." Given the extraordinary historical events that the Bible records, it is crucial to determine two things: (1) The reliability of the New Testament documents and (2) The reliability of the New Testament witnesses. If we cannot establish the reliability of these sources, then we have no objective way to evaluate the historical sayings, deeds, and claims of Jesus and his disciples." [http://www.john-lee-ministries.org/Current_Articles/Historicity/historicity.html John Rosser]
==External linksLinks==*[http://www.apologetics.org/books/historicity.html Historicity of the New Testament] Chapter 5 from [[J. P. Moreland]]'s ''Scaling the Secular City''. *[http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/historical_apologetics/habermas-nt.html Why I Believe The New Testament Is Historically Reliable] by [[Gary Habermas]].
* [http://www.bible.ca/b-new-testament-documents-f-f-bruce-ch1.htm Does it matter?] Chapter 1 from [[F. F. Bruce]]'s ''The New Testament Documents''
* [http://www.carm.org/evidence/textualevidence.htm Manuscript evidence for superior New Testament reliability], from [http://www.carm.org Carm.org]
