Dr. Craig Keener Interview on the Reliability of the New Testament

Join Michael Lofton and Luis Dizon as they sit down with renowned New Testament scholar Dr. Craig Keener to discuss the reliability of the New Testament. In this in-depth interview, Dr. Keener addresses key questions about the historical trustworthiness of the Gospel accounts, the role of eyewitness testimony, manuscript evidence, and how ancient sources help us better understand the world of the New Testament.

Whether you're a skeptic, a believer, or just curious about how scholars assess the New Testament, this conversation offers accessible and insightful commentary from one of today’s leading voices in biblical scholarship.

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00:00 Introduction
01:16 Has the New Testament been reliably transmitted?
04:31 The longer ending of Mark
08:25 How do we know what we have today is the original text?
10:44 Does oral tradition play a role in preserving the text?
17:11 How do we know textual criticism doesn't just bring us back to a copy of the text?
21:43 Does archeology support the New Testament?
24:59 Does church tradition help determine the Biblical canon?
29:01 Is Papias reliable in his testimony about Jesus?
31:02 Do the Gospels have anything in common with Greco-Roman works?
40:35 Are the Gospels ancient biography?
52:20 Are there undesigned coincidences in the Gospels?
55:05 Are the Gospels written within living memory?
59:08 Christology in the Gospel of Mark
1:01:12 Did the Apostles die as martyrs?
1:03:57 Is Luke/Acts historically reliable?
1:11:45 Is this a contradiction in Acts?
1:15:39 Are there internal contradictions in Acts
1:18:39 A contradiction in the story of Jairus' daughter?
1:20:30 Contradictions in the nativity narratives?
1:27:08 The problems with the genealogies

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