Isaiah… The Weekly Roundup – 5.17.19 17 May 201930 Apr 2019 "To be clear, some religious people evaluate their subjective experience as a piece of the evidential pie without taking this strong of a stance – but I want to address…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 2.22.19 22 Feb 201916 Feb 2019 "The stories of the ancestors of the Israelites do not come from any one period but developed over time. It is best to see the ancestors as composite characters." -…
'The New Testament: A Literary History'… Musings on Mark: Artfully Structured 13 Feb 201911 Feb 2019 Gerd Theissen, The New Testament: A Literary History (Fortress Press, 2012), 43-44. The Gospel of Mark is artfully structured. It consists of individual pericopes, each of which makes its own point.…
'The New Testament' (2016)… Bart D. Ehrman: Redaction Criticism 23 Oct 201822 Oct 2018 Bart D. Ehrman, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, sixth edition (OUP, 2016), 120-121. A "redactor" is someone who edits a text; "redaction criticism" is the study…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michael D. Coogan: Some Books Went Through Multiple Editions 3 Aug 201814 Jul 2018 Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (Oxford University Press, 2014), 10-11. Although some ancient and most modern authors have produced…
