Biblical Criticism… 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 – 4.12.19 12 Apr 20198 Apr 2019 "Mark, wanting to make a theological point, locates the event in a place whose name is associated with casting out demons – the language, as Marcus points out, does kinda support this. This…
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 Scholars… The Weekly Roundup – 2.8.19 8 Feb 20197 Feb 2019 "The assertion by the opposing narrative that Elijah’s wife was a prostitute and later, that Elijah ate her son, does seem a little over the top and may indicate that…
Bart Ehrman… The Weekly Roundup – 10.26.18 26 Oct 201825 Oct 2018 Enjoy! Over on his blog, Bart Ehrman has a short post on the Lukan story of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). Ehrman thinks that while the historical Jesus…
Book of Psalms… Musings on Mark: The Baptism of Jesus (2) – Baptized in the Spirit 9 May 20189 May 2018 "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased." Mark 1:11b, NRSV In my first post covering Jesus' baptism I argued that the baptism Jesus underwent implied…
Apologists… Some Thoughts on SJ Thomason’s Response to Elisha Ben Abuya 11 Feb 20185 Feb 2018 In December Twitter user Elisha Ben Abuya posted to his blog a piece on Isaiah 53. In it he lays out his case that the passage which Christians attribute to…
Apologists… Evangelical Eisegesis: SJ Thomason and “God’s Promises,” part 4 19 Jan 201820 Jan 2018 This is the fourth post in a seven-part series responding to the blog post "Babylon Will Never Be Inhabited" by pop-apologist S. J. Thomason. You can read the third post…
