I cannot disprove that any more than you can prove it. I am certainly not dismissive of the possibility. I…
On John the Baptist: The Most Influential Religious Innovator in History by James McGrath (Part 3)
This line of reasoning always seems to overlook the obvious point that the books of the NT were selected based…
On If Textual Variants Don’t Change Any Key Doctrines — Then Who Cares?
Sorry for an off-topic question but I am really curious about this. Joan Taylor argues that Jesus was arrested inside…
On If Textual Variants Don’t Change Any Key Doctrines — Then Who Cares?
I’m looking forward to it. The accounts of John by early (and manifestly discomfited) Christians, those of independent historians (e.g.,…
On John the Baptist: The Most Influential Religious Innovator in History by James McGrath (Part 3)
I’m familiar with the clever techniques that scholars use to determine which of two (or more) manuscript variants is likelier…
On If Textual Variants Don’t Change Any Key Doctrines — Then Who Cares?
“And aren’t the books of the Bible themselves important? Doesn’t what each author has to say – even if it…
On If Textual Variants Don’t Change Any Key Doctrines — Then Who Cares?
If, as the fundamentalists claim, the Bible is an inerrant and infallible revelation, then why would there be variants at…
On If Textual Variants Don’t Change Any Key Doctrines — Then Who Cares?
You may already know this but James Tabor deals with this in a series of videos on his YouTube channel,…
On Two KINDS of Originals. How Do We Know We Have Either?
Hi Mr. Litwa! I once had a conversation with Bart, who told me that the word Christ means messiah, an…
On A Bizarre “Gnostic” Religion: The Naassenes – Guest Post by Dr. David Litwa
I suspect that his condemnation of Antipas' divorce of his first wife Phasaelis may have had as much if not…
On John the Baptist: The Most Influential Religious Innovator in History by James McGrath (Part 3)