Who was Jesus? Why it’s so hard to know The author examines several methods that have evolved over the centuries in interpretation of the New Testament. Scholars try various ways to find the facts of who Jesus was and how he did the things he did. Supernatural histories were one method of explanation of the events in the New Testament. During the pre-Enlightenment years, scholars explained that events in the bible as actual truths, …showed first 75 words of 252 total…

…showed last 75 words of 252 total…philosopher David Strauss. Myths were religious stories that could happen but didn’t really. Instead the myth is to teach a religious meaning through interpretation. Biblical stories vary from author to author, especially within the 4 Gospels. Each book tells basically the same story in conflicting ways. The birth, life and death of Jesus is told but yet every Gospel varies from the other in story. These conflictions bring up questions of fact, authenticity, and reality.