'Scientific Facts in the Bible' (2016)… Invasion of the Bible Snatchers: Ray Comfort’s ‘Scientific Facts in the Bible’ – Hand Washing and Running Water 8 Apr 201914 Mar 2019 "When the one with a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, he shall count seven days for his cleansing: he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in fresh…
Ancient Israel… The Weekly Roundup – 4.5.19 5 Apr 20191 Apr 2019 "One would certainly not expect any literary reference to Christians or Christianity or Jesus himself in Roman authors of the first century. Christianity was simply a tiny (TINY) religious movement…
'The Gospel of Mark' (Sacra Pagina)… Musings on Mark: Mark and the Cynic Tradition 3 Apr 20193 Apr 2019 John R. Donahue and Daniel J. Harrington, The Gospel of Mark, Sacra Pagina, vol. 2 (The Liturgical Press, 2002), 193. If Mark reacts in any way to the Cynic tradition it…
Biblical Scholarship… Examining the “Conservative Bible Project” – Mark 1:8 2 Apr 2019 Maybe it's the fact that I'm reading Robert Alter's The Art of Bible Translation or that I'm in love with the Gospel of Mark, but reading through the translation of the…
(Re)Considering Christianity (series)… (Re)Considering Christianity: A Skeptic Looks at the Christian Religion – Introduction, part 6 1 Apr 201911 Mar 2019 To see more posts in this series, please go to the series’ page. As the summer of 2002 came to an end it became time for me to head back…
Biblical Scholarship… The Christian Defenders’ 5 Reasons: The Criterion of Embarassment 31 Mar 20191 Apr 2019 For other posts in this series, please visit the series' page. The Christian Defenders' second reason for believing that the Bible is true is that the Bible contains "embarrassing details."…
Ancient Israel… The Christian Defenders’ 5 Reasons: Archaeology and the Bible 18 Mar 201927 Apr 2019 In my experience, Christian apologetics is geared towards reinforcing the faithful, not convincing the skeptic. As I wrote last October, "It seems that pop-apologetics is nothing more than preaching to…
Biblical Scholarship… The Weekly Roundup – 3.1.19 1 Mar 201922 Feb 2019 "Israel did not ‘believe’ in dragons anymore than their neighbors did. When Israel says God defeated the dragon, they use this myth in two ways. Most of the time, as…
'The Gospel of Mark' (Sacra Pagina)… Musings on Mark: Mark 4 and Psalm 107 27 Feb 201915 Feb 2019 John R. Donahue and Daniel J. Harrington, The Gospel of Mark, Sacra Pagina vol. 2 (The Liturgical Press, 2002), 160-161. Especially significant [to Mark 4:35-41] is Ps 107:23-32 (LXX 106:23-32), which…
'Scientific Facts in the Bible' (2016)… Invasion of the Bible Snatchers: Ray Comfort’s ‘Scientific Facts in the Bible’ – The Life of the Flesh 25 Feb 201915 Feb 2019 "If anyone of the house of Israel or of the aliens who reside among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood, and…
