In the first part of The Case for Christ, Strobel defends the historical reliability of the New Testament. He considers five lines of evidence: (a) the eyewitness evidence, (b) documentary evidence, (c) corroborating evidence, (d) scientific evidence, and (e) rebuttal evidence. Eyewitness Evidence: Strobel dedicates two chapters to summarize his interview of Craig Blomberg concerning the four gospels. Blomberg acknowledges, "strictly speaking, the gospels are anonymous" (p. 26). Nonetheless, Blomberg suggests that Matthew, Mark, Luke in fact wrote the four gospels, and John and therefore the canonical gospels are eyewitness testimony.
According to Blomberg, this fact is confirmed by Papias and Irenaeus, the authorship of the go
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