Biblical Scholarship… The Christian Defenders’ 5 Reasons: The Criterion of Embarassment 31 Mar 201923 Jun 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."…
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…
Biblical Scholarship… Jonah and the… 14 Feb 2019 The story of Jonah found in the book which bears his name is one of the best known in all the Hebrew Bible. Unwilling to warn the Assyrian capital of…
'Misquoting Jesus'… Lost in the Weeds: SJ Thomason Takes on Bart Ehrman, part 1 9 Feb 201912 Feb 2019 To see all posts in this series, please refer to its index. Last year I wrote a five-part series on Heather Schuldt's terrible attempt at taking on biblical scholar Bart Ehrman.1 Now pop-apologist…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 2.1.19 1 Feb 201930 Jan 2019 "I propose the final edition of Genesis is the result of a similar process by an editor of the Holiness school of pre-exilic Israel, who combined and organized these various…
Biblical Scholarship… Musings on Mark: The Markan Jesus on Divorce – Conflict with Matthew 16 Jan 201913 Jan 2019 In last week's installment of "Musings on Mark" we looked at the Markan Jesus' take on divorce where we concluded that if we ask the Markan Jesus, “Is divorce permissible?”…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 1.11.19 11 Jan 20194 Jan 2019 "What is at stake in that sad progression from Paul to anti-Paul? Why is it of importance that — at least with regard to slavery — radical Christian liberty is…
Biblical Scholarship… Musings on Mark: Will a Sign Be Given? 19 Dec 201812 Dec 2018 Following the feeding of the four thousand (Mark 8:1-10), the Pharisees confront Jesus and begin "asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him" (8:11). The sign would serve…
Gospels… The Synoptic Problem: The Two Gospel Hypothesis 1 Dec 201830 Nov 2018 https://youtu.be/h8hJRahL-gg
