Criterion of multiple attestation
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The criterion of multiple attestation, also called the criterion of independent attestation or the cross-section method,[1] is a tool used by Biblical scholars to help determine whether certain actions or sayings by Jesus in the New Testament are from the Historical Jesus. Simply put, the more independent witnesses that report an event or saying, the better. This criterion was first developed by F. C. Burkitt in 1906,[2] at the end of the first quest for the historical Jesus.[3]