Accounts Quote by John Drane

“The gospel writers did not simply tell stories for the sake of telling stories, but to touch the lives of their listeners in a…

— Alden Thompson

The Gospels were not thought of as works of literature. People were not concerned with the literary reputation of Matthew or Mark, but with…

— Frederic G. Kenyon

“An individual gospel might have been designed as the gospel for a particular community, but when it was included in a collection with other…

— F.F. Bruce

“I argue that the Jesus of the Gospels is essentially a myth. The Gospels are largely fiction. They were created around the turn of…

— Alvar Ellegård

All I am in private life is a literary critic and historian, that's my job...And I'm prepared to say on that basis if anyone…

— C. S. Lewis

“While the story of Jesus is indeed the key to history, to emphasize the Gospels over the rest of the New Testament is to…

— Michael Frost

Why so many mentions regarding Jesus from such a wide variety of sources (Pliny, Tacitus, Lucian, Josephus, to name a few)? Because Jesus of…

— Greg Koukl

It is quite likely ... that the central figure of the gospels is not based on any historical individual. Put simply, not only is…

— Robert M. Price

I think the best way to view the Gospels is to view them as a magnificent portrait being painted by Jewish artists to try…

— John Shelby Spong

All archaeologists in Israel and Palestine make use of the New Testament Gospels. They do this because the Gospels exhibit verisimilitude. In short, the…

— Craig A. Evans

The New Testament was not produced as a single work issued by an authoritative Church for the instruction of its members. The four Gospels…

— Frederic G. Kenyon

“Burridge goes on to say, “[T]rying to decode the Gospels through the genre of modern biography, when the author encoded his message in the…

— Trent Horn