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The Gospel Truth: What Are the Gospels of the New Testament?

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

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What Are the Differences Between Ancient and Modern Biographies?

The gospels are meant to be to show the highlights of who Jesus was. They're not overly accurate by modern standards. And in none of these do they have character development? Because they were living before Freud. The idea that we have formative influences that affect our personality was not held in the ancient world. In the ancient world, you were born with who you were.

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