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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