Jesus… Musings on Mark: A Closer Look at Mark 6:45-52, part 1 17 Oct 201813 Oct 2018 In the last post in the "Musings on Mark" series we did a brief overview the three different versions of the episode wherein Jesus walks on water that we found in…
'Genesis 1 and the Creationism Debate' (2016)… Steven DiMattei: Creation ‘Ex Nihilo’ a Foreign Concept 16 Oct 201815 Oct 2018 Steven DiMattei, Genesis 1 and the Creationism Debate: Being Honest to the Text, Its Author, and His Beliefs (Wipf & Stock, 2016), 10-11. In general terms, then, the authors and cultures…
'The New Testament' (2016)… Bart D. Ehrman: How is Jesus “the Messiah”? 16 Oct 201815 Oct 2018 Bart D. Ehrman, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, sixth edition (OUP, 2016), 104. Jews in the first century could have meant a range of things…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michael D. Coogan: Tricking Yahweh 16 Oct 201815 Oct 2018 Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Literary and Historical Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 99. Following the narrative of the call of Moses in chapters 3.1-4.17…
Jesus… (Re)Considering Christianity: A Skeptic Looks at the Christian Religion – Introduction, part 2 15 Oct 201812 Oct 2018 "Outside of Christ there is no law, no hope, and no meaning." - Ravi Zacharias.1 In part one to the introduction of this series "(Re)Considering Christianity" I discussed the earliest…
Augustine of Hippo… The Synoptic Problem: The Augustinian Hypothesis 12 Oct 201812 Oct 2018 https://youtu.be/0Mc3jX7dkBk
Atheism… Weekly Roundup – 10.5.18 5 Oct 20183 Oct 2018 Here's the Weekly Roundup! (Note: there will be no Roundup next Friday.) Over at bibleinterp.com there is an excerpt from John: Interpreted by Early Christian and Medieval Commentators (Eerdmans, 2018) entitled "The Spiritual…
'The New Testament as Literaure' (VSI)… Kyle Keefer: Utter Dullards 4 Oct 201814 Sep 2018 Kyle Keefer, The New Testament as Literature: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2008), 25-26. The characterization of the disciples in Mark's gospel is shocking in its condescension; the disciples are complete and…
'The New Testament' (2016)… Bart D. Ehrman: Defining “Greco-Roman Biography” 4 Oct 201825 Sep 2018 Bart D. Ehrman, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, sixth edition (OUP, 2016), 99-100. If I were to attempt a definition of the Greco-Roman biography, then, it…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michael D. Coogan: The Quest for Historicity of the Patriarchs 4 Oct 201825 Sep 2018 Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 89. The further removed biblical writers are from the events they describe,…
