Biblical Gospels are Some of the Best Examples of Ancient Biography

The four gospel books of the New Testament were produced at the peak of ancient biographical writing, aligning with the historical standards set by Greco-Roman writers like Plutarch and Lucian.

In this three-minute clip, Wes Huff explains that, unlike the exaggerated hagiographies or shallow protobiographies of the time, the gospels rely on eyewitness accounts and thorough investigation — making them some of the most credible ancient biographies, written just decades after Jesus’s death and resurrection. By contrast, biographies of figures whose lives historians never question, such as Alexander the Great, appeared centuries after their deaths.