Insights into the Gospels by Dr John Nelson
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The First Thirty(-ish) Years of Jesus’ Life
A Lecture + Annotated Biography
Our earliest historical sources tell us little about Jesus’ early years. Yet this silence not dissuade later writers from trying to fill in the gaps. For Luke, the third evangelist, Jesus was a Wunderkind –...
Who Were ‘The Twelve’?
In Christian tradition, Jesus’ closest disciples – a group known as ‘the Twelve’ – have shared a rather staggering history: one betrayed Christ, another became the first Pope, two of them went on to write gospels, while the rest attracted s...
Is John a Wounded Gospel?
Studying for a PhD is no easy task, but I was helped along by a very supportive cohort in Edinburgh, including my wonderful ‘Doktorbruder’, Edward Wong, who started his doctoral research at the same time as me under the supervision of Profe...
The Behind the Gospels Reader
For those who may be new to Behind the Gospels or are simply interested in taking a look back at what I’ve written since I started in 2024, I have collected all my pieces, and grouped them according to theme (‘historical Jesus’, ‘dating and...
The Lost Years of Jesus
This is the second part in my crash course, ‘The Historical Jesus in 50 Questions’. In the first instalment, we explored the sources for Jesus’ life. Now I turn my attention to the period before Jesus’ ministry began. The so-called ‘lost ye...
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