In this episode Matthew reviews an episode of Frank Turek's Cross Examined podcast, where he and Dr. Titus Kennedy discuss discoveries about Jesus that are outside of the biblical texts.
1) the original podcast episode
https://crossexamined.org/the-top-20-discoveries-about-jesus-outside-the-bible/
2) Biola University statement of faith
https://www.biola.edu/about/theological-positions
3) Birthplace of Jesus
https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3212-beth-lehem-judah
https://theconversation.com/bethlehem-and-beyond-how-christianitys-earliest-sites-were-identified-151719
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1433
4) Celsus on the Virgin Birth
https://jamesbishopblog.com/2020/06/23/greek-philsopher-celsus-on-the-historical-jesus/
https://www.bluffton.edu/courses/humanities/1/celsus.htm#:~:text=%5BCelsus%5D%20accuses%20%5BJesus%5D%20of%20having%20%22%20invented%20his,by%20means%20of%20these%20proclaimed%20himself%20a%20God.
5) Herod
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Great
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariamne_I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Innocents
6) Peter's House
https://www.galaxie.com/article/bspade13-1-08#:~:text=While%20nothing%20found%20in%20the%20house%20proved%20this,pilgrims%20suggests%20they%20believed%20it%20was%20Peter%E2%80%99s%20house%21
7) rooster crowing commentary
https://acts242study.com/before-the-rooster-crows/#:~:text=At%20the%20end%20of%20the%203%20a.m.%20and,Jesus%20used%20that%20same%20phrase%20to%20describe%20it.
https://rsc.byu.edu/ministry-peter-chief-apostle/accounts-peters-denial-understanding-texts-motifs
https://news.ag.org/en/articles/news/2016/05/sometimes%20a%20rooster%20is%20not%20a%20rooster
8) Caiaphas Ossuary
https://cojs.org/ossuary_of_the_high_priest_caiaphas-_18-36_ce/
https://www.greatarchaeology.com/Caiaphas_ossuary.php
https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/burial-cave-of-the-caiaphas-family/
9) James Ossuary
https://www.antiquities.org.il/default_en.aspx
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/the-troubled-return-of-the-james-ossuary/
https://www.livescience.com/50434-jesus-family-tomb-geology.html
https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2023/04/20/weighing-the-evidence-is-the-james-ossuary-authentic/
10) Caesarea Philippi
https://www.bibleplaces.com/caesarea-philippi-banias/
11) Justin Martyr
https://archive.org/details/firstapologyofju00just/page/n9/mode/2up
12) Celsus (again)
https://jamesbishopblog.com/2020/06/23/greek-philsopher-celsus-on-the-historical-jesus/#:~:text=On%20Christ%E2%80%99s%20miracles%2C%20Celsus%20argues%20that%20he%20worked,miracles%20are%20just%20fables%20invented%20by%20the%20disciples.
https://readingacts.com/2010/10/20/the-historical-reliability-of-jesus-miracles/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/heyj.12161
13) The Jesus Forgery: Josephus Untangled
https://stellarhousepublishing.com/josephus/
14) Sejanus
https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/ancient-history/sejanus/
15) Nazareth Inscription
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nazareth-inscription-origins-may-refute-ties-jesus-resurrection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazareth_Inscription
https://biblearchaeology.org/research/chronological-categories/new-testament-era/4658-the-nazareth-inscription-proof-of-the-resurrection-of-christ
https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2021/03/19/scholars-chair-interview-dr-clyde-billington/
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