Summary conclusions: multiple lines of evidence converge against community tradition view

(1) Telephone-game theory collapses under Papias's and Luke's eyewitness-guarantor model. (2) The names-match-Palestine evidence refutes the idea of far-removed fabrication. (3) The eyewitness guarantors refute the idea that tradition floated freely without correction. (4) Genre identification as Greco-Roman biography refutes the mythology assumption. Mike acknowledges additional evidence exists (geography, internal consistencies, extra-biblical verifications, early dating, manuscript numbers) but is not covered here.