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Mike Licona on the Gospels

Theologian

Michael R. Licona

Duration

81.52

Uploaded to YouTube

11 February 2020

Added to Database

14 November 2025

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Show #1- Dr. Michael Licona on the Gospels:

In the first show, Dr. Michael (Mike) Licona discusses his views on the Gospels and how his research on their reliability; he argues that the majority of New Testament scholars now hold that most if not all of the Gospels belong to the genre of Greco-Roman biography and by comparing the Gospels to the works of Plutarch, he discovers that this genre permitted some flexibility in the manner that historical events were narrated via the use of various “compositional devices”.

Blog Page (with Additional Sources) =https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2020/02/11/the-gospels-acts-discussing-reliability-with-drs-michael-r-licona-lydia-mcgrew-and-craig-keener/

Anchor Audio Podcast Link = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/Michael-Mike-Licona-on-the-Historical-Reliability-of-the-Gospels-eap8bq

Recommended Sources (for further study);

a) Dr. Mike Licona Sources:

  1. Mike’s main website with a variety of resources such as blogs, videos, debates, books, etc = https://www.risenjesus.com/ .

  2. Mike’s YouTube channel = https://www.youtube.com/user/milico885/videos .

  3. Gospels Historicity/Genre/Authorship, etc. = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOfBhrqHJF4 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns35f93WTuw & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF6_zwYVa3A .

  4. Lecture on the Resurrection evidence = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDo9mldPybs .

  5. Debate on Gospels with Bart Ehrman (2018)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP7RrCfDkO4 .

6.Debate on the Resurrection (Licona vs. Larry Shapiro) = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq4UP4h8Vzs

  1. BOOKS: For a list of his books including the ones mentioned on the show, scroll to the bottom of this webpage = https://www.risenjesus.com/mike-licona .

  2. As I did with Gary Habermas, I wanted to submit Mike’s PhD dissertation on the Resurrection for free online so people can benefit from it = https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/23709/Complete.pdf?sequence=8 . Or see attachment here = Mike Licona PhD Dissertation on the Resurrection