Biblical scholarship
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Dale C. Allison is an American New Testament scholar, historian of Early Christianity, and Christian theologian. He is currently the Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Evangelical Textual Critic Debunks Common New Testament Reliability Myths
James E. Snapp Jr. makes some quite candid points with respect to the reliability, preservation and transmission of the New Testament in a response to some of these misconceptions being part and parcel of the recent movie, “The Case for… Read More ›
Did Jesus Talk about Homosexuality?
An interesting article by Scot McKnight a distinguished American New Testament scholar and Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard, IL. Reblogged from his Jesus Creed. One is no longer surprised to read in discussions about same-sex relations —… Read More ›
What Bible scholars really think about John’s gospel you will probably never hear from your pastor/minister/priest
I’m sorry to break the bad news to you: what scholars think of the historical value of John’s gospel is a million miles from what the man in the pew thinks: J.D.G. Dunn, The Evidence for Jesus. Philadelphia, PA: Westminster… Read More ›
The Epistle of James: early Torah observant followers of Jesus
“James represents Christian Jews who did not define themselves over against Judaism. That is, our book emerged from a Christ-oriented Judaism, from a group that still attended synagogue and wished to maintain irenic relations with those who did not share… Read More ›
The gospels are not literal records of the ministry of Jesus.
Rev Professor Raymond Brown (died 1998), was an American Catholic priest and a prominent Biblical scholar. I had the privilege of hearing him lecture on Pauline theology at the University of Oxford. Brown was one of the first Catholic scholars to apply… Read More ›
“Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s…
But here’s something to ponder: Jesus command to “Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s”, was… what? (A) A clear distinction between religion and politics, implying that Caesar’s taxes were lawful and should be paid…. Read More ›
Mike Licona’s uncertain foundation
The gospel of Matthew chapter 28 verses 16-17
James White’s online ministry casts doubt on the Bible & God’s unconditional forgiveness
In the ongoing war between fundamentalist Christians about the meaning of the gospel James White’s Alpha & Omega ministry drops quite a bombshell. Here is the post: The often quoted saying of Jesus from the cross “Father, forgive them, for… Read More ›
Standing up for the real humanity of Jesus
New Testament scholar Daniel Kirk bemoans the vacuous creeds of the Church
A Brief Insight into the New Testament’s Prototyping
The New Testament of today is described as follows regarding the NA28 GNT: “The intention of this edition lies not in reproducing the “oldest text” presented in the oldest manuscript but in reconstructing the text of the hypothetical master copy… Read More ›
Thomas Aquinas and the gospels
Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274) was an Italian Catholic priest and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism. The Catholic Church reveres Thomas Aquinas as a saint and regards… Read More ›
Daniel Wallace’s Misunderstanding of the Qur’an’s Presevation Refuted
In this 15 minute video, I respond to some common missionary claims made about the presevation of the Qur’an. More specifically, I respond to comments made by Dr. Daniel Wallace. and Allah knows best.
Graphic: NT Reliability Comparison to Ancient Documents
Question: This image has often been used to demonstrate the reliability of the New Testament. What is your response to this? Answer: This infographic relies on two of the three defective principles that beginners make when it comes to textual criticism, namely… Read More ›
Melchizedek is called Yahweh in the Dead Sea Scrolls
My apologies for the poor quality of the images taken on my iPhone earlier. These are taken from the invaluable scholarly resource A Man Attested by God: The Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels by Dr J.R. Daniel Kirk. Many… Read More ›
Reading Psalm 110:1
Dale Martin is an American New Testament scholar. He is Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University.
Professor Bart Ehrman – Bible Contradictions
Some well known contradictions and discrepancies in the Bible
Jesus, the Law, and a “New” Covenant
‘Jesus of Nazareth was a Torah-observant Jewish teacher whose followers, after his death, came to adopt a variety of attitudes toward the Law of Moses. Some of them insisted on strict observance; others argued that only parts of the Law… Read More ›
Evolution of Jesus in early Christianity
This is an excellent lecture by Professor Bart Ehrman with regards to the evolution of Jesus during early history. A must watch for Christians and Jews.
Jesus the messiah and Isaiah 53, Psalm 22
Christians point ‘to passages in the Bible that talked about one who suffered and was then vindicated, passages such as Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22. Jews, though, had a ready response: these passages are not talking about the messiah. And you… Read More ›
After receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost who did the freshly empowered and comprehending Peter say Jesus was?
From the Introduction to the must-read new book A Man Attested by God: The Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels by Professor J.R. Daniel Kirk. This work is a gold mine of historical and textual evidence and scholarly argument to refute the… Read More ›
The men in the Jewish Bible who play the role of God (sharing dominion, worship, and the throne of Yahweh) and are even called ‘God’ (Yahweh and Elohim)
An interesting excerpt from the exciting new work A Man Attested by God: The Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels by Professor J.R. Daniel Kirk. Refuting recent work by scholars as Richard Bauckham, Simon Gathercole, and Richard Hays, Kirk demonstrates that Jesus was… Read More ›
A Man Attested by God: Response to Hurtado
A Man Attested by God: Response to Hurtado March 14, 2017 by J. R. Daniel Kirk Larry Hurtado has posted to his blog the review he read of my book, A Man Attested by God, at the Society of Biblical Literature… Read More ›
Check out this devastating refutation of Jonathan McLatchie’s mistakes by Dale Tuggy
“Identifying Jesus as Yahweh” as heresy. McLatchie’s mistake about historical, mainstream Christian theologies. (The article is reblogged from the Trinities site of professor Dale Tuggy) Check out this exchange between Islamic apologist Paul Williams and evangelical Christian apologist Jonathan McLatchie: Williams makes… Read More ›
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