Higher criticism has come a long way since Jefferson, but it turns out Jefferson was not far off.
They deemed only 18% of the sayings authentic, portraying Jesus as a wisdom teacher and social critic rather than a divine miracle worker.
Bart Eamon has done much to popularize what is widely accepted in consensus scholarship.
Scholarship agrees that the material in the Gospels is not eyewitness accounts, but second-hand stories circulated or invented.
Scholars also find the history of early Christianity as recorded by Eusebius to be largely false and biased.
Higher criticism has come a long way since Jefferson, but it turns out Jefferson was not far off.
They deemed only 18% of the sayings authentic, portraying Jesus as a wisdom teacher and social critic rather than a divine miracle worker.
Bart Eamon has done much to popularize what is widely accepted in consensus scholarship.
Scholarship agrees that the material in the Gospels is not eyewitness accounts, but second-hand stories circulated or invented.
Scholars also find the history of early Christianity as recorded by Eusebius to be largely false and biased.
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