The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
Week 2: Part One, Chapter 1 — The Eyewitness Evidence
Read Part One, Chapter 1 of The Case for Christ. Key interview: Dr. Craig Blomberg, expert in the historical reliability of the Gospels.
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The very first question any good investigator asks is: how reliable are the sources? This week, Strobel interviews New Testament scholar Craig Blomberg to test whether the Gospels can be trusted as eyewitness accounts.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Dr. Craig Blomberg argues that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were either written by eyewitnesses or by people directly connected to eyewitnesses. What specific evidence does he offer for this claim?
2.Blomberg distinguishes between different kinds of genre in ancient literature and argues that the Gospels are best understood as ancient biographies (bioi). Why does the genre identification matter when assessing their reliability?
3.One of Strobel's key objections is that the Gospels weren't written down until decades after the events they describe. How does Blomberg respond to this, and how does the role of oral tradition in first-century Jewish culture factor into his answer?
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