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Multiple attestation as a confidence-builder: single-source claims generally receive lower historical confidence

Skeptics Respond To The Evidence For The Resurrection of Jesus 00:52:56 – 00:52:56

Q&A — response to Doug's question about lowering confidence for single-source historical claims

Mike affirms that historically speaking, single-source claims generally warrant less confidence than multiply-attested ones. This is a standard historiographical principle that applies to Gospel claims as well.

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