Did the authors of the Synoptic gospels try to warn readers away from the Gospel of John and the Book…
On Did Jesus Call Himself God?
Would the gospel writers be guilty of plagiarism for their use of "Q"?
On Plagiarism! Was It Condemned in the Ancient World? (Is Matthew Guilty of It?)
In a couple previous comments on this post I’ve speculated that many contemporary liberal Christians are attracted to a portrait…
On How Do Scholars Make the Apocalyptic Jesus Non-Apocalyptic?
Dear Bart, I ejnjoyed the video introduction to the ethical impact of Jesus. I wonder whether 'evil' is causing others…
On How’s the Christian World Doin’ These Days with the Ethics of Jesus?
By the way, Bart, how do you square the beginning of this suffering servant / lamb of God passage in…
On Does Isaiah 53 Predict Jesus’ Death and Resurrection? Most-Commented Blog Posts: #1
Yes, The Word is probably the most successful of all the novels I look at (Kate Mulgrew was in that…
On Gospel Thrillers Part III by Andrew Jacobs
But those things fit the apocalyptic Jesus precisely. Apocalypticism provides the context for _when_ will the peacemakers be blessed, _when_…
On The Jesus Seminar and the Non-Apocalyptic Jesus. Hey, Why Not?
"Many scholars later objected to (or rather, mocked) the process" ... as did evangelicals, framing it as representative of scholarship.…
On The Jesus Seminar and the Non-Apocalyptic Jesus. Hey, Why Not?
Dr. Ehrman: You mention above that apocalyptic fervor pretty well died out of Judaism after the war of 67-72 ended…
On A Less-Expected Argument that Jesus Preached the End of All Things
The reason, I believe, that "there is so very little overlap between the stories in the Gospels and Paul’s Epistles"…
On James the Brother of the Lord