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Review of Richard C. Carrier, Proving History
I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to review Richard Carrier’s latest book, Proving History: Bayes’s Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus. I am grateful to Prometheus Books for...
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Mythicist vs. Short Smiling Scholar
It has been a while since I have blogged about mythicism. But several mythicism-related blog posts have appeared over the past day or so.I will start with the most entertaining. Rene Salm managed to...
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A Mythicist Salm of Lament
Some mythicists might consider it a major achievement that Rene Salm got invited to speak at the Society of Biblical Literature meeting this year.They would do well to keep in mind that Simcha...
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Bart Ehrman and the Quest of the Historical Jesus of Nazareth
Tom Verenna drew a new book to my attention, Bart Ehrman and the Quest of the Historical Jesus of Nazareth. He has now written a very negative review of the volume.Although Richard Carrier is a...
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It seems that Richard Dawkins may be right about infectious memes. But they aren’t just an issue for religious people. I have on multiple occasions encountered claims by atheists who insist that there...
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Academic Scholarship on Reddit
Today I learned (sorry, I couldn’t resist using that popular Reddit phrase in this context) that there is a subreddit on Reddit dedicated to matters pertaining to the academic study of the Bible.One...
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Larry Hurtado blogged about a new article by independent scholar Enrico Tuccinardi, which argues that stylometric analysis can be used to identify interpolations into the letter in which Pliny mentions...
View ArticleReview of Richard C. Carrier, Proving History
I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to review Richard Carrier’s latest book, Proving History: Bayes’s Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus. I am grateful to Prometheus Books for...
View ArticleMythicist vs. Short Smiling Scholar
It has been a while since I have blogged about mythicism. But several mythicism-related blog posts have appeared over the past day or so. I will start with the most entertaining. Rene Salm managed to...
View ArticleA Mythicist Salm of Lament
Some mythicists might consider it a major achievement that Rene Salm got invited to speak at the Society of Biblical Literature meeting this year. They would do well to keep in mind that Simcha...
View ArticleBart Ehrman and the Quest of the Historical Jesus of Nazareth
Tom Verenna drew a new book to my attention, Bart Ehrman and the Quest of the Historical Jesus of Nazareth. He has now written a very negative review of the volume. Although Richard Carrier is a...
View ArticleNazareth in the First Century
It seems that Richard Dawkins may be right about infectious memes. But they aren’t just an issue for religious people. I have on multiple occasions encountered claims by atheists who insist that there...
View ArticleAcademic Scholarship on Reddit
Today I learned (sorry, I couldn’t resist using that popular Reddit phrase in this context) that there is a subreddit on Reddit dedicated to matters pertaining to the academic study of the Bible. One...
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