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90. Jesus Quests

Undeceptions with John Dickson

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How Much Closer Are We Now to Understanding the Historical Jesus?

30 years ago there was a New Testament scholar who said there weren't any synagogues at all in the time of Jesus. Now we have 11 synagogues that archaeologists have confirmed as pre-70. Dale Allison has sounded some warnings to what he would describe as overconfident third questions. But just when you think he might be taking a really skeptical root, like the first and second questers, Allison actually thinks we can be super confident about the vibe or gist of what Jesus said indeed.

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