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Scholarship and Blogging
Larry Hurtado has expressed some frustration with some members of his blog audience. Here is an excerpt from his recent blog post on the topic:Scholarly work intended to have an impact on the field...
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Independent Scholars
The late Maurice Casey described himself as an “independent historian,” but for the most part, that term “independent scholar” has been used for people who dabble in scholarly inquiry, having advanced...
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Rankled by Wranglings about Rank-Raglan Rankings
I decided to go with an alliterative title for my second review for Bible and Interpretation of Richard Carrier’s book, On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt. The title of the...
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Are the Gospels Anonymous?
I created a draft post back in October when Michael Barber shared a link to an article about the titles of the Gospels by Simon Gathercole, planning to return to the topic. It is, in fact, something...
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Embarrassed by Mythicism/Antievolutionism
Have you ever wondered why the two New Testament scholars to write books directly tackling mythicist claims are Bart Ehrman and Maurice Casey, both of whom happen to be atheists?I don’t think it is a...
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Review of Maurice Casey’s Jesus: Evidence and Argument or Mythicist Myths?
My review of Maurice Casey’s book Jesus: Evidence and Argument or Mythicist Myths? has been published in Review of Biblical Literature. Below is an excerpt from the end of the review. Please click...
View ArticleHow Carrier Responds to Critics (Supercut)
A blog reader sent me a compilation of Richard Carrier’s treatment of reviews of his work, which the individual suggested should be kept until the next time Carrier “brings a gun to a review fight.”...
View ArticleHow You Can Tell Maurice Casey’s Book About Mythicism is Good
Richard Carrier is quite the character, and he has written what he calls a “critical review” of Maurice Casey’s recent book about mythicism, Jesus: Evidence and Argument or Mythicist Myths?. Anyone who...
View ArticleReview of Jesus of Nazareth by Maurice Casey (Part 1)
T&T Clark kindly sent me a review copy of Maurice Casey’s monumental opus Jesus of Nazareth: An Independent Historian’s Account of his Life and Teaching.Since Casey’s more recent book focused on...
View ArticleBible and Interpretation Article on Mythicism
Given the interest generated by Maurice Casey’s book and Richard Carrier’s blogging about it, I thought I should turn my 2013 SBL conference paper on mythicism and academic freedom into an article...
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