The death of Jesus is certainly one of the pinnacles of the Gospel stories, yet exactly how Jesus came to be killed is a topic up for debate. The earliest “nodes” of Jewish oral tradition can be found illustrated in Paul’s letters to Corinth, specifically in 1 Corinthians 11:23, where Paul writes that Jesus was… Continue reading →

The story of Judas, the man who turned Jesus in to the authorities, can be found in all four Gospels.  However, when we line up each Gospel, we can see that the character development of Judas differentiates from one Gospel to the next.  There are “nodes” of oral tradition we can track Judas to, and… Continue reading →