John MacDonald


(Conclusion of my Easter Posts collection !) It’s a Secular Easter:  Reading the New Testament From A Non-Superstitious Point of View!

The “Q” source, a hypothetical document in historical Jesus studies, is thought to contain sayings of Jesus shared by Matthew and Luke but not Mark. Since Q is reconstructed from these shared texts, it primarily focuses on Jesus’ teachings, such as parables and ethical instructions, rather than narrative events. Scholars generally agree that Q does (Conclusion of my Easter Posts collection !) It’s a Secular Easter:  Reading the New Testament From A Non-Superstitious Point of View!

Dating of the New Testament post Bar Kokhba Revolt with Nina Livesey (Paul) and Robert M Price (Gospels)

As is the case with new scholarship like Nina Livesey’s recent book on Paul’s letters as pseudonymous, it sometimes involves for the reader a back and forth with implications trying to appropriate the new materials. I originally tried to challenge a late date of Luke-Acts with Dennis MacDonald with Vergil’s Aeneid, but I don’t think Dating of the New Testament post Bar Kokhba Revolt with Nina Livesey (Paul) and Robert M Price (Gospels)

Easter Post: Dating the Gospels

Here is my 2025 Easter Post! 33 When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land[g] until three in the afternoon. 34 At three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”[h] 35 When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “Listen, he is Easter Post: Dating the Gospels

(Part 2) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”

PREVIOUSLY: (Part 1) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)” As we continue with Heidegger’s Contributions book, we note it is not a linear development of an argument. Heidegger never intended it for publication. What I’m trying to show is his philosophy is not superstitious even though it uses theological language strategically. The later (Part 2) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”

Review-  The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context: Reassessing Apostolic Authorship by Nina E. Livesey

SCORE 5/5 My thanks to Cambridge for providing me with a review copy of this book. PREAMBLE: LETTER TO PROFESSOR VINZENT Hi Prof Vinzent, My name is John MacDonald and I am president of the Secular Web. I recently posted a review of Prof Nina Livesey’s new book on the thesis of a fictional Paul and pseudonymous Review-  The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context: Reassessing Apostolic Authorship by Nina E. Livesey