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

Ehrman’s new lecture is coming this Saturday, and he shared some free resources as supplements: Free Articles: Free Misquoting Jesus Podcast Episodes:

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As I work away revising my three Paul essays, largely influenced by Prof Livesey’s work, here is a recent interview of her by Prof M David Litwa. My biggest takeaway? I look a lot like Litwa, lol.