'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michael D. Coogan: Deuteronomy and the Law of the King 11 Dec 2018December 10, 2018 Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 183-184. The "law of the king" [Deuteronomy 17:14-20] seems to have been…
'The Case for Miracles'… Book Review: ‘The Case for Miracles’ by Lee Strobel, part 5a 10 Dec 2018December 9, 2018 In part one of my review of Lee Strobel’s The Case for Miracles I covered chapters 1-3, a section featuring Strobel’s interview of the skeptic Michael Shermer. In part two I…
Antiochus IV… Evangelical Eisegesis: A Dalliance with Daniel, part 2 8 Dec 2018December 8, 2018 In this series we are exploring the claim made by pop-apologist SJ Thomason in her post "Did Daniel the Prophet Accurately Predict the Timing of Jesus' Death?"1 that the prophetic utterance…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michael D. Coogan: The Problem of Kadesh 6 Dec 2018November 27, 2018 Micheal D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 165-166. Identification of most of the places named [the Priestly portions of…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michael D. Coogan: The Most Complicated Book of the Pentateuch 4 Dec 2018November 26, 2018 Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 160. Numbers is the most complicated book of the entire Pentateuch, in…
Ancient History… Evangelical Eisegesis: A Dalliance with Daniel, part 1 2 Dec 2018November 30, 2018 "Fulfilled prophecies are what distinguish the Bible from other holy texts and are evidence of direct revelations by God." - SJ Thomason.1 In a bid to demonstrate the superiority of…
Atheism… The Weekly Round up – 11.9.18 9 Nov 2018November 12, 2018 "Jesus’ followers are to abandon any and all means of procuring a socio-economic livelihood, or more accurately conceiving of a livelihood in socio-economic terms." - Steven DiMattei Over at his…
Apologists… Hopelessly Confused: Heather Schuldt Takes on Bart Ehrman, part 4 8 Nov 2018November 8, 2018 This is the fourth post in a series examining pop-apologist Heather Schuldt’s attempt to take down New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman. The three previous posts can be viewed here: Part…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michal D. Coogan: Dating the “Holiness Code” of Leviticus 8 Nov 2018November 5, 2018 Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 153. Since the late nineteenth century, scholars have identified chapters 17-26 of…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michael D. Coogan: Leviticus and P 6 Nov 2018November 5, 2018 Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 146-147. [T]he book of Leviticus is a composite work. This is confirmed…
