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3-External Evidence. Three paragraphs, then "Thus we can see the New Testament passes third and final test for the reliability of historical documents."

Footnotes? Just this:
https://coldcasechristianity.com/writ...

[Insert that animated Gif of former Prez Obama looking around, wth.]

Chapter 4- Is the New Testament Reliable?

I told my dad this book is better written than others (Lee Strobel) he's given me. Not this chapter though. "Tests:"
1-Bibliographic. Do not understand the "Number of Biblical Manuscripts" chart. And to compare those to other classical works like The Iliad?
2-Internal Evidence. TWO PAGES?

“If Jesus was just a nice guy why did they kill him? Think about it: if Jesus was just a nice guy, why torture him to death?”

“As seen through both their words and actions, the first followers of Jesus truly believed he was God in human flesh. They believed this so deeply, they suffered and died for this belief.”

“While we can’t address every alleged contradiction in the Bible, we have consistently found that when the genre, context, and cultural background are taken into consideration, alleged contradictions have plausible explanations. It is important to calibrate our expectations to other writings of the time.“

“Consider the example of holocaust survivors. Such individuals would undoubtably be biased. But this does not in itself, provide good reason to discount their testimony. We must be open-minded to the possibility that Christian sources are historically reliable testimonies to the historicity of Jesus and consider them as part of a larger cumulative case.”