Interesting response from Professor Dale Martin to the simplistic apologetics of evangelical scholars.
Biblical scholarship
Bart Ehrman vs Tim McGrew – Round 1 “Can We Trust the Gospels?”
Published on 16 Mar 2016 On Saturday 18th July 2015 Bart D. Ehrman and Timothy J. McGrew joined as guests with moderator Justin Brierley on radio show “Unbelievable,” a weekly program aired on UK Premier Christian Radio from the London… Read More ›
Psalm 110:1 – Christians take note
A Psalm of David: The LORD says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” Dale Martin is professor of New Testament at Yale University
Bart Ehrman on the Origins of the Trinity
Professor Bart Ehrman makes New Testament scholarship accessible to the public
Gospel source criticism
Blogging Theology fearlessly goes where some Christian sites fear to tread. Introducing the recently discovered source Special K.
Professor Ehrman answers some questions
In this week’s Reader’s Mailbag I will be addressing two questions about me personally, and my work. The first has to do with my controversies with fundamentalists, and the second with which of my scholarly books would be accessible to… Read More ›
Missionary James White denounced by top Biblical scholar
One of the world’s most distinguished Biblical scholars has denounced ‘Dr’ James White in no uncertain terms as lacking in any scholarly credentials and for never having published any works of scholarship. The serious allegations come from Dr Bart Ehrman who… Read More ›
“How Did Jesus Become God?” – Bart Ehrman and Michael Bird in Dialogue + Q&A
Streamed live on 12 Feb 2016. This video needs to be cut down and re-posted. Intro: 29:29 Ehrman’s opening: 34:00 Bird’s opening: 1:25:50 Q&A: 2:11:44
NT scholars who like to have their cake and eat it.
A number of extremely eminent New Testament scholars appear to make the same seemingly bizarre theological move: they practice rigorous adherence to the historical critical method which casts doubt on the historical accuracy of numerous articles of the Christian faith (for… Read More ›
Did Jesus know himself to be divine, the pre-existent Son of God?
‘But if we are to submit our speculations to the text [the four canonical gospels] and build our theology only with the bricks provided by careful exegesis we cannot say with any confidence that Jesus knew himself to be divine,… Read More ›
Evangelical use of Prof. Larry Hurtado to prove Jesus is God backfires badly
Asad posted a comment on my Concluding Comments from Bart Ehrman and Michael Bird post. It is so insightful and significant I thought it worthwhile to make a separate post of it here. Asad wrote: Notice what Hurtado said: “The historical Jesus… Read More ›
Larry Hurtado, “The Significance of Earliest Devotional Practices”
Larry Hurtado is a New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity and Emeritus Professor of New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland (Professor 1996-2011).
Dale Martin, “The Theological Inadequacy of Historiography: the Empty Tomb in History and Theology”
Dale B. Martin is the Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies at Yale.
“How Did Jesus Become God?” – Bart Ehrman and Michael Bird in Dialogue + Q&A – Part 2
Streamed live 16 hours ago
“How Did Jesus Become God?” – Bart Ehrman and Michael Bird in Dialogue + Q&A
Streamed live 18 hours ago
My review of ‘Jesus, the Fake Jihadis & Evangelical Christians’
The author of this new book Muhammad Asad (not to be confused with the celebrated, and deceased, Quran translator of the same name) has produced an erudite and well written book. Asad describes his objective as ‘not to indulge in… Read More ›
Does Tom Wright Believe Jesus Is God?
February 4, 2016 by Kermit Zarley I am sometimes asked, “Does Tom (N.T.) Wright believe Jesus is God?” Or I am told that he does not. I’m also asked the same question about Jimmy (J.D.G.) Dunn. Wright and Dunn are… Read More ›
Bart Ehrman update on new book about Jesus
In just over a month now, my new book, Jesus Before the Gospels, will be published. As avid readers of the blog know, for a couple of years I was obsessed with issues related to human memory and oral tradition,… Read More ›
The gospel of Jesus, the Injil and the Quran
I am having an ongoing discussion with a very intelligent Christian friend of mine and I thought I would share bits of the conversation, which may be of interest. They will remain anonymous. My Christian friend brings up the subject of… Read More ›
Jonathan McLatchie: Did Jesus Allow Disciples to Worship him
An impressive video featuring erudite contributions by two Muslims who have an excellent grasp of the subject. However, I think everyone featured in the video is correct, to a greater or lesser extent. Jonathan is surely correct (in my view)… Read More ›
New Bart Ehrman book: ‘Jesus Before The Gospels’
I just came across this new post on Ehrman’s blog. It looks very interesting…
The Jesus of History versus the Christ of Faith
‘Sifting through centuries of myth-making, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most influential and enigmatic figures by examining Jesus within the context of the times in which he lived: the age of zealotry. Balancing the Jesus of… Read More ›
Religious Mystery of The Crucifixion – Dr Laurence Brown
An intelligent discussion about the many discrepancies between the gospels and the alleged crucifixion of Jesus
Has Bart Ehrman had enough of Muslims using his scholarship?
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