Why Are There Differences in the Gospels? - Licona, Michael R. (Associate Professor of Theology, Associate Professor of Theology, Houston Baptist University) a Evans, Craig A. (John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins and Dean of the School of Christian Thought, John Bisagno Distingu

Why are there differences in the stories of the Gospels? Licona turns to Greek classicist Plutarch for an answer, assessing differences that appeared when Plutarch told the same story more than once in his Lives. He suggests the differences in the Gospels often resulted from their authors employing the same compositional devices used by Plutarch.