Apologetics 315 Podcast

106 - The Reliability of John with Lydia McGrew


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In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Dr. Lydia McGrew about the reliability of the Gospel of John, exploring themes and ideas found in her book The Eye of the Beholder: The Gospel of John as Historical Reportage.

0:25 - Intro to Lydia McGrew
2:25 - Information on the Defenders Conference:
www.thedefendersconference.com
3:15 - Welcome to Lydia McGrew
3:30 - Lydia’s latest book: https://a315.co/3YuXV14
4:35 - What’ different about the Gospel of John?
6:48 - What role should scholarly consensus play when determining reliability?
10:28 - Doesn’t scholarly consensus change?
12:17 - Where does consensus come from anyway?
14:34 - How does one determine what is historical?
20:00 - Do our previous beliefs bias us? Should we keep them separate from our assessment?
24:31 - What does it mean to say that John is full historical?
28:33 - Questions regarding authorship
33:19 - How to make sense of the “voice” of John in the Gospel vs. the epistles?
39:45 - The use of “asides” in John’s narrative
40:35 - Would we expect this?
42:40 - Does the lateness of John’s authorship give us reason to doubt?
47:54 - Do longford monologues give us reason to doubt?
51:46 - The “I am” statements of Jesus
56:34 - Questions about reliability / Gospel “portraits”
1:02:08 - Inference to the best explanation
1:05:17 - Lydia’s newest book about Gospel reliability…Testimonies to the Truth: Why You Can Trust the Gospels


*RESOURCES:*
Lydia McGrew’s Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/LydiaMcGrewChannel

Podcast version of Youtube content:
https://anchor.fm/lydiamcgrew

*Books:*
The Eye of the Beholder: The Gospel of John as Historical Reportage

The Mirror or the Mask: Liberating the Gospels from Literary Devices

Hidden In Plain View: Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels and Acts

Testimonies to the Truth: Why You Can Trust the Gospels


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