Bart’s primer lecture was a brief overview of Genesis and some of the key scholarly debates like the various sources for the two creation myths and the historicity of the patriarchs I am especially looking forward to Kenton Sparks’ lecture on the binding of Isaac. My take is with the story of Isaac, we get … New Insights into the Hebrew Bible Conference 2026 – First Lecture by Bart Ehrman, Genesis: An Introduction to the Key Scholarly Debates as a primer

Last Time Secular Reflections: Why was Jesus Appearing to Everyone According to Paul? (2/2) Secular Reflections: Why was Jesus Appearing to Everyone According to Paul? (Conclusion) Secular Reflections: Why was Jesus Appearing to Everyone According to Paul? Jesus in History: Transition from New Testament Studies to Hebrew Bible Studies (Announcement) Now Finishing the Transition For … (2/2) Jesus in History: Transition from New Testament Studies to Hebrew Bible Studies (Laying to Rest the Christ Myth Theory)

Previously in This Series: Secular Reflections: Why was Jesus Appearing to Everyone According to Paul? (2/2) Secular Reflections: Why was Jesus Appearing to Everyone According to Paul? (Conclusion) Secular Reflections: Why was Jesus Appearing to Everyone According to Paul? Now, the Transition: Jesus was viewed as a messianic claimant who was specially chosen by God … Jesus in History: Transition from New Testament Studies to Hebrew Bible Studies (Announcement)

We’ve been thinking about the risen Jesus in Paul as ghost sightings. The concept of ghosts (phantasma in Greek) was well-known in the ancient world. In the gospels, when Jesus walked on water (Matthew 14:26) and when He appeared after His resurrection (Luke 24:37-39), the disciples initially panicked and thought they were seeing a ghost. … (Conclusion) Secular Reflections: Why was Jesus Appearing to Everyone According to Paul?

As I said last time in a note, a minority of New Testament scholars like Tabor and Carrier think the earliest Christians believed Jesus left his old body of dust behind like shed clothes and received a new spiritual body. It would make sense resurrection wouldn’t mean a resuscitated corpse because what of bodies burnt, … (2/2) Secular Reflections: Why was Jesus Appearing to Everyone According to Paul?

In 1 Corinthians 15:5–8 (NRSVUE), Paul writes that Jesus appeared to Cephas, the twelve, over 500 believers, James, all the apostles, and finally to Paul himself I’ve noted previously Paul is suggestive of strong ties to stoicism, such as being from the birthplace of the stoic enlightenment Tarsus, his appropriation of the stoic concept of … Secular Reflections: Why was Jesus Appearing to Everyone According to Paul?

Last Time: Celebrating 100 Years of Martin Heidegger’s “BEING AND TIME” (Dedicated to Edmund Husserl April 8, 1926) Now the Conclusion For those of you intellectually impatient like me, here’s the gist: Preamble: Paul was an apocalyptic Jew who thought the end times were underway as he saw the resurrected Jesus as the “first fruits” … Summary of my Last Long Blog Post: Celebrating 100 Years of Martin Heidegger’s “BEING AND TIME” (Dedicated to Edmund Husserl April 8, 1926)

                                              PREVIOUSLY IN THIS SERIES: (INDEX) Education, Philosophy, Religion: The Dog Days of Summer Posts ANNOUNCEMENT: My 50th Birthday is Next Month and Starting August 7th I’ll be Blogging About and Celebrating the 100 Years Centenary of Martin Heidegger’s Gift of “Being and Time!” (Part 2/2) Announcement About My Upcoming Series of Posts Celebrating 100 … Celebrating 100 Years of Martin Heidegger’s “BEING AND TIME” (Dedicated to Edmund Husserl April 8, 1926)

Previously: ANNOUNCEMENT: My 50th Birthday is Next Month and Starting August 7th I’ll be Blogging About and Celebrating the 100 Years Centenary of Martin Heidegger’s Gift of “Being and Time!” Now: I hope my last post whetted your appetite about the upcoming series on Heidegger’s “Being and Time.” But what is that? Renowned Philosopher Martin … (Part 2/2) Announcement About My Upcoming Series of Posts Celebrating 100 Years of Heidegger’s “Being and Time” Beginning August 7

PREVIOUSLY (INDEX) Education, Philosophy, Religion: The Dog Days of Summer Posts NOW: “Faith has no place in thought (Martin Heidegger, ‘Anaximander’s Saying,’ in Off the Beaten Track, 280).” What follows are some background ideas and contexts that may be helpful in thinking about Heidegger’s Being and Time. “Being” is a concept we always have with … ANNOUNCEMENT: My 50th Birthday is Next Month and Starting August 7th I’ll be Blogging About and Celebrating the 100 Years Centenary of Martin Heidegger’s Gift of “Being and Time!”