Which Books of the New Testament are The Most (and Least) Reliable?
Episode script. Originally published 2026-10-31 at https://basedcamppodcast.substack.com/p/which-books-of-the-new-testament
Join us today as we discuss the books of the New Testament we consider to be the most reliable—namely Mark and Q—while also exploring the unique creative license taken by Matthew, which we have broadly consider to be “CG Jesus” (basically, a very exaggerated account that was stretched over time to…. say… win over more converts).
Some helpful resources we’ve enjoyed when comparing and contrasting books of the new testament:
The Bird’s Eye View of the Life of Christ chart: https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~342286~90110417:Bird-s-eye-view-of-the-life-of-Chri#
Gospel parallels: https://www.bible-researcher.com/parallels.html
A site where you can read various gospels side by side: https://sites.utoronto.ca/religion/synopsis/syn-ini.htm
A synopsis of Q: https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/q-synopsis-young.html
Happy weekend!