The Resurrection: Ancient History?

Darrell Bock holds the documents about Jesus up to the standards of historical scholarship.

close

Summary

Darrell Bock holds the documents about Jesus up to the standards of historical scholarship.

Darrell Bock is Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is an expert in the historical Jesus and issues surrounding the authenticity and reliability of the New Testament documents. He is the author of more than twenty books and commentaries, including Breaking the Da Vinci Code, which was a New York Times Best Seller.

In this interview he talks about some of the tests historians apply to ancient documents to assess their reliability, and then holds the stories about Jesus’ resurrection up to that standard.