Wesley Huff

Yeah, so it's the levels of methodology that we can use to find internal accuracy. If we really want to figure out, okay, where was this written? And is it coming from early eyewitness testimony? We look at something like the biblical gospels, and they fit the bill for something that's written in first century Judea. But if we look at something like the other gospels,

Yeah, so it's the levels of methodology that we can use to find internal accuracy. If we really want to figure out, okay, where was this written? And is it coming from early eyewitness testimony? We look at something like the biblical gospels, and they fit the bill for something that's written in first century Judea. But if we look at something like the other gospels,

They're doing things like the Gospel of Judas does, where other characters are coming up with names that are almost either non-existent or very unpopular in places like Judea and Galilee, but are popular in 3rd and 4th century Egypt. So what can we then conclude from that? Well, this is being written in 3rd or 4th century Egypt. Right. Yeah.

They're doing things like the Gospel of Judas does, where other characters are coming up with names that are almost either non-existent or very unpopular in places like Judea and Galilee, but are popular in 3rd and 4th century Egypt. So what can we then conclude from that? Well, this is being written in 3rd or 4th century Egypt. Right. Yeah.

They're doing things like the Gospel of Judas does, where other characters are coming up with names that are almost either non-existent or very unpopular in places like Judea and Galilee, but are popular in 3rd and 4th century Egypt. So what can we then conclude from that? Well, this is being written in 3rd or 4th century Egypt. Right. Yeah.

Yeah. And lots of this stuff, like the onomastic congruence is something that has really only been studied to the level that it has within the last like 50 years. So we're constantly discovering ways that we can use different types of methodological analysis to figure out the historical validity of something. So this is – we call it verisimilitude, which is historians are looking for –

Yeah. And lots of this stuff, like the onomastic congruence is something that has really only been studied to the level that it has within the last like 50 years. So we're constantly discovering ways that we can use different types of methodological analysis to figure out the historical validity of something. So this is – we call it verisimilitude, which is historians are looking for –

Yeah. And lots of this stuff, like the onomastic congruence is something that has really only been studied to the level that it has within the last like 50 years. So we're constantly discovering ways that we can use different types of methodological analysis to figure out the historical validity of something. So this is – we call it verisimilitude, which is historians are looking for –

what can show us the appearance, likelihood, and probability of something being true. And so sometimes documents out themselves as being unreliable and not true because they inadvertently include these clues.

what can show us the appearance, likelihood, and probability of something being true. And so sometimes documents out themselves as being unreliable and not true because they inadvertently include these clues.

what can show us the appearance, likelihood, and probability of something being true. And so sometimes documents out themselves as being unreliable and not true because they inadvertently include these clues.

So the Gospel of Barnabas, which I mentioned before, which Billy Carson has brought up as an evidence that he sees as denying the crucifixion, it talks about Jesus getting in a boat and traveling to Nazareth. But Nazareth is landlocked. So that person clearly did not know anything about the geography of like first century Israel, because you're not getting in a boat to go to Nazareth, right?

So the Gospel of Barnabas, which I mentioned before, which Billy Carson has brought up as an evidence that he sees as denying the crucifixion, it talks about Jesus getting in a boat and traveling to Nazareth. But Nazareth is landlocked. So that person clearly did not know anything about the geography of like first century Israel, because you're not getting in a boat to go to Nazareth, right?

So the Gospel of Barnabas, which I mentioned before, which Billy Carson has brought up as an evidence that he sees as denying the crucifixion, it talks about Jesus getting in a boat and traveling to Nazareth. But Nazareth is landlocked. So that person clearly did not know anything about the geography of like first century Israel, because you're not getting in a boat to go to Nazareth, right?

So, but if you're writing, I mean, in the case of the gospel of Barnabas, you're talking about like a thousand plus years later, but if you've never been there and you don't understand, it's like, have you ever seen middle-aged paintings of lions?

So, but if you're writing, I mean, in the case of the gospel of Barnabas, you're talking about like a thousand plus years later, but if you've never been there and you don't understand, it's like, have you ever seen middle-aged paintings of lions?

So, but if you're writing, I mean, in the case of the gospel of Barnabas, you're talking about like a thousand plus years later, but if you've never been there and you don't understand, it's like, have you ever seen middle-aged paintings of lions?

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