Last Time: THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL (Part 5/8: Literary – Beyond the Historicism/Mythicism Debate) Now To recapitulate, while Paul is written in role as an early 1st century apocalyptic Jew, the apocalyptism to the contrary also makes sense post 70 CE of Mark 13, and even as the apocalyptism of post Bar Kokhba … THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL (Part 6/8: The Dog Who Stopped the War)

Last Time: THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL (Part 4: Paul and the Schools) (Intro) One popular debate right now is the historicism/mythicism debate in New Testament studies – the historicity of Jesus or whether he was originally believed to exist on earth or in the heavens. When Livesey picks up this angle, she does … THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL (Part 5/8: Literary – Beyond the Historicism/Mythicism Debate)

Last Time: THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL (Part 3: The Coming Kingdom of God on Earth and the Unnecessary Jesus and Paul) One thing I note in these posts on Paul is that Paul seems to be briefly summarizing complex theological themes worked out in the Gospels and Acts that would baffle an average … THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL (Part 4/8: Paul and the Schools)

Last Time: THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL (Part 2: Jesus, Paul, and Plutarch) Now: (Introduction) We’ve been thinking about how an early date of Mark or Paul’s writings would be useful for historical mining reasons but may just be wishful thinking.  For example, the gospel of Mark is generally dated no earlier than 70 … THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL (Part 3/8: The Coming Kingdom of God on Earth and the Unnecessary Jesus and Paul)

PREVIOUSLY: THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL (Introduction with Prof Nina E. Livesey) Last time we levelled the playing field and established a spectrum of interpretation of Paul from the far right of Christian fundamentalism with a very early date of an historically reliable Acts and letters (13 authentic) to a middle point of critical … THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL (Part 2/8: Jesus, Paul, and Plutarch)

Previously: Announcing A New Blog Series: THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context: Reassessing Apostolic Authorship (by Nina E Livesey, Peer Reviewed Cambridge Press, 2024) (INTRODUCTION TO THIS SERIES OF POSTS ON THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL WITH PROF NINA E. LIVESEY) Critical New Testament scholars … THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL (Part 1/8 with Prof Nina E. Livesey)

Conversion on the Way to Damascus, a 1601 portrait by Caravaggio (wiki) I’m excited to announce my new blog series on The Quest For The Historical Paul! This hub page will have a continuous rollout of links to the posts as I make them. STAY TUNED! POSTS: THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL (Part 1/8 with … Announcing A New Blog Series: THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL

LAST TIME: Ehrman’s New Free Lecture on the Historicity of Jesus Now, Carrier Responds! 1. The Article Bart Ehrman’s Latest Weird Attempt to Refute Mythicism 2. The Podcast

*Slides were provided for free to all listeners! Ehrman gave his lecture today on the existence of Jesus on earth in history contra mythicism, so here are a few of the new takeaways you may not have heard before. So what’s kind of new here is pointing to 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 implicating the Jews in … Ehrman’s New Free Lecture on the Historicity of Jesus

WHERE WE ARE According to the Christian apologists Norman Geisler and Ronald Brooks, in their book When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), in order to prove that God raised Jesus from the dead, they must first prove that Jesus died on the cross: JESUS ACTUALLY DIED ON THE CROSS Before we can show that Jesus rose … Geisler’s Historical Claims supporting the Death of Jesus on the Cross