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Peter J Williams and Bart Ehrman – Are the Gospels historically reliable?
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Exploring population size and reliability of ancient authors
This chapter explores the population size of Capernaum and the reliability of ancient authors in providing population statistics. It discusses the contradictions between archaeological reports and literary numbers and compares estimation methods used by ancient authors and modern archaeologists. The chapter also brings up the varying views on the number of Christians in the first century.
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