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At the end of the month, the brand new Society of Biblical Literature study bible in the NRSVUE translation is coming out: In March, Bart Ehrman’s new book on Armageddon is coming out: These two volumes are must-haves for anyone interested in the secular critique of religion! Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)

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So, last time I pointed out Carrier’s spicy blog post that religious studies scholars are simply not fact-checking evidence for the existence of Jesus, because if they did more people would agree with Carrier’s mythicism. Again, here is Carrier’s post: Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)

Robyn Faith Walsh spoke next, and raised the issue that the gospel writers were not literate spokesmen for their faith communities, but highly educated Greek speaking Christians working within a network of writers, as was the practice in the ancient world. Given this, if there are sophisticated Greek literary allusions in the gospels, how does … (Speaker 6) New Insights Into The New Testament: The Gospels In Review (CONFERENCE)

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Jodi Magness talked about the archaeology evidence from Jesus’ day. In some ways, the archaeological record contradicts the biblical record. The archaeological evidence contradicts the biblical record of the walls of Jericho falling down, for instance. If temples always had a commercial areas, why would Jesus have gotten so mad? Magness says perhaps Jesus was … (Speaker 5) New Insights Into The New Testament: The Gospels In Review (CONFERENCE)

Mark Goodacre was the next presenter and he raises the issue of the empty tomb. Interestingly, the idea of an empty tomb doesn’t fit with what we know of burial practices at that time. All the tombs that have been unearthed from that area and period were communal tombs, and so for instance our earliest … (Speaker 4) New Insights Into The New Testament: The Gospels In Review (CONFERENCE)

Our third speaker is Hugo Mendez, who is an expert on the Gospel of John and argues the gospel and the three letters of John are a lineage of literary forgeries. For instance, the gospel of John pretends to be written by Jesus’ beloved disciple, even though this is false. John is full of cryptic … (Speaker 3) New Insights Into The New Testament: The Gospels In Review (CONFERENCE)