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What’s in a Name? Onomastics as Evidence for New Testament Reliability

The difficulty of remembering names is attributed to their arbitrary nature, making them harder to recall than other characteristics. The study of names and their origins, Onomastics, reveals a correlation between 1st Century Jewish names in Israel and those in the Gospels and Acts. This suggests the reliability of the biblical accounts. The disambiguation of names further supports this conclusion. The names in the Apocrypha Gospels/Acts, in contrast, do not match 1st Century Israel, indicating a lack of cultural knowledge.

HE IS RISEN!

“Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.” Luke 24:6

The Minimal Facts of the Resurrection

The foundation of Christianity hinges primarily on the truth of one event: the resurrection of Jesus Christ. As Paul told the Corinthians “And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.” (1 Cor 15:14) How can we be sure this event that means so muchContinue reading “The Minimal Facts of the Resurrection”