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More Mythicist Misrepresentation

January 16, 2012 By James F. McGrath 121 Comments

I sometimes wonder if mythicists realize when they are making fools of themselves. If they do, then they are presumably akin to clowns and comedians who provide a useful service in providing us with entertainment. If they are unintentionally funny, then their clowning around in some instances may include misrepresentation of others which, however ridiculous, [...]

Filed Under: mythicism Tagged With: historical Jesus, history, method, methodology, mythicism, Neil Godfrey, oral tradition, pseudoscholarship, Vridar 121 Comments

Rafael Rodriguez is Wrong on Redaction

August 1, 2011 By James F. McGrath 3 Comments

Rafael Rodriguez has posted some thoughts on reading Tom Holmén’s entry on “Authenticity Criteria” in the Routledge Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus. Since Rafael and I have had conversations about this topic both in the blogosphere and in person, he won’t be surprised to hear that I think he is wrong. But since the theme [...]

Filed Under: Bible, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Matthew, historical Jesus Tagged With: criteria or authenticity, criticism, Gospels, history, New Testament, oral tradition, orality, postmodernism, Rafael Rodriguez, redaction 3 Comments

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