Otho: A Targeted Comparison of Suetonius's Biography and Tacitus's History, with Implications for the Gospels' Historical Reliability

A majority of scholars today recognize that the Gospels are ancient biographies. This recognition has implications for our valuation of the information content in the Gospels. Biographies written as soon after the subject's life as the Gospels normally include substantial historical information...

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Main Author: Keener, Craig S. 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Eisenbrauns 2011
In: Bulletin for biblical research
Year: 2011, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 331-355
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)

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