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The Life & Times of Jesus of Nazareth: From the Editor - What History Can, and Cannot, Do
What History Can, and Cannot, Do
Mark Galli | posted 7/01/1998 12:00AM
It didn't hit me until I was in the middle of editing the issue: we were about to tell readers about Jesus.
It isn't just a matter of getting it historically right. It goes without saying that at Christian History history is the priority. But I've felt the weight of presenting Jesus honestly and accurately because, well, he's my master, not to mention Lord of the cosmos. I want to get Luther, Calvin, and Wesley right because I respect them. But Jesus is someone I've given my life to. I really—really—want to get him right.
Some people may say that trying to understand Jesus historically is foolish at worst and risky at best, so let me clarify what we're trying to do here.
We're not trying to prove or disprove the reality of different incidents recorded in the Gospels. There simply isn't enough evidence to verify such matters one way or the other because, aside from the four Gospels, we have no other credible sources on the life of Jesus.
Some scholars, of course, decide on the credibility of ...
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