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February 2014

February 10, 2014

Maurice Casey’s Book on Mythicism is Out!

Diglotting pointed out that those who prefer the affordable Kindle version to the hundred-dollar hardback...

January 2014

January 07, 2014

Mythicism in the Arctic Vortex

Johnny Walker responded to a response to a blog post of his about mythicism. If...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

Verbatim Memory, Orality, and the Historical Jesus

Judy Redman has been offering a wonderful series on memory and the historical Jesus. In...

December 21, 2013

Slow but Detailed Conversations about Mythicism

I recently mentioned the slow pace at which conversations can take place in the blogosphere....

December 13, 2013

Victor Paul Furnish on Mythicism

New Testament scholar Victor Paul Furnish wrote the following in the conclusion to his review...

December 11, 2013

A Mythicist Sympathizer’s Case for a Historical Jesus

A new article in The Bible and Interpretation concludes in the following way: Precisely because...

November 2013

November 09, 2013

James the Lord’s Brother

I've been having a long and extremely repetitive conversation with a Jesus-agnostic over the past...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

Historical Jesus, Mythicism, and Miracles around the Blogosphere

Hemant Mehta explains his view on the historical Jesus, miracles, and what the implications are...

October 23, 2013

Studying Jesus without Religion?

Richard Carrier gave a talk which is on YouTube, "Imagining the Study of Jesus without...

October 21, 2013

Horus Trolls the Atheists Again

A colleague of mine shared this bit of internet nonsense on Facebook: I am disappointed...

October 20, 2013

Outside the Gate

As we reached the end of Hebrews in my Sunday school class last week, I...

October 15, 2013

Just How Bad is Mythicism?

Neil Godfrey posted about peer-reviewed journals and how the peer review process is imperfect, if...

October 14, 2013

Around the Blogosphere

There are so many interesting posts today on blogs that I subscribe to, as well...

October 12, 2013

“Biblical Scholarship”

Chris Tilling shared the above image on Twitter. If you don't get it, it relates...

October 11, 2013

Selective Skepticism

An op-ed piece I wrote about the attention Joseph Atwill has been getting lately has...

October 08, 2013

Jesus Mythbusting

Several people on Facebook drew my attention to a misleading press release about Joseph Atwill,...

September 2013

September 09, 2013

The Dangers of Rejecting Critical Inquiry

Tim Widowfield has a post at Vridar which he says has nothing to do with...

August 2013

August 21, 2013

Press Publish Interview

Josh Mann has been conducting and posting interviews with Biblical scholars who blog, and the...

August 19, 2013

Review of Is This Not the Carpenter?

The review I wrote of Is This Not the Carpenter?: The Question of the Historicity...

August 11, 2013

Paranoid Christians Providing Entertainment

Many of you have probably seen the round-up of "The 35 Best Times Someone on...

August 09, 2013

Jesus, the Gospels and History

Amanda Witmer has written an article for The Bible and Interpretation about mythicism. Here's how it...

August 03, 2013

Mythicism and Parallelomania around the Blogosphere

My recent use of the term "parallelomania" (popularized by Samuel Sandmel) has sparked some discussion...

August 01, 2013

Excerpt from Thomas Brodie

Neil Godfrey has made chapter 7 of Thomas Brodie's recent book, Beyond the Quest for...

July 2013

July 24, 2013

Mythicism, Mimesis, and Pooh Studies

I previously suggested that Thomas Brodie's work on the composition of the Gospels is problematic...

July 20, 2013

Beyond Jesus-Agnosticism

Rick Sumner poses some interesting questions on his blog The Dilettante Exegete - during some...

July 18, 2013

Finally, There Will Be a Peer-Reviewed Case for Mythicism

I've long described Richard Carrier as the last, best hope for mythicism. While other mythicists...

July 16, 2013

The Work of Thomas Brodie

In several recent posts at Vridar, the blog has been focusing a lot of attention on Thomas Brodie's work. One...

July 04, 2013

Why Do Mythicists Care So Little About Facts and Details?

Neil Godfrey has a post which claims that I'm unconcerned with facts and details. And...

July 03, 2013

SBL Program Book Available

Thanks to Dan McClellan for pointing out that the Society of Biblical Literature 2013 Annual...

July 01, 2013

Breaking News: I May Be Neither Incompetent Nor Dishonest!

Tom Verenna posted a response to some of Neil Godfrey's name-calling. It includes the following:...

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