When dealing with ancient sources, we cannot be content to know the religious and social settings out of which these sources have come. We should also know something about how the ancients viewed the writing of history and biography, for in the Gospels and Acts apparently we are dealing with three ancient biographies and one two-volume historical monograph (Luke-Acts).


Prolegomenon - New Testament History : A Narrative Account (2001)

Ben Witherington III Quotes

When dealing with ancient sources, we cannot be content to know the religious and social settings out of which these sources have come. We should...

When dealing with ancient sources, we cannot be content to know the religious and social settings out of which these sources have come. We should...

When dealing with ancient sources, we cannot be content to know the religious and social settings out of which these sources have come. We should...

When dealing with ancient sources, we cannot be content to know the religious and social settings out of which these sources have come. We should...