Evidence: The Gathering

[Randy Carson]

What does Ehrman say about the historical value of the gospels, poca?

I don't know... you're the one who's read what he's written. What does he say?

"Whatever one thinks of them as inspired scripture, they can be seen and used as significant historical sources. With this major comment in view, what can we say about the Gospels and their witness to the life of the historical Jesus?

"Once it is conceded that the Gospels can and should be treated as historical sources, no different from other historical sources infused with their authors' biases, it starts to become clear why historians have almost universally agreed that whatever else one might say about him, Jesus of Nazareth lived in first-century Palestine and was crucified by the Prefect of Judea." (Bart Ehrman, Did Jesus Exist?, 74-75)