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\"Judean<\/a>
A fictional landscape in the mythical land of Judea
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Sigh. \u00a0I\u2019ve just come across another atheist thread, positively breathless with excitement and delight, asserting that scholarship has now demonstrated that Jesus of Nazareth never existed.<\/p>\n

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The inspiration for this particular thread is a book by one Michael Paulkovich,<\/p>\n

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This is crazy stuff.<\/p>\n

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So, just for the record, here\u2019s a brief response to Mr. Paulkovich written by Candida Moss, professor of New Testament and early Christianity at the University of Notre Dame, and Joel Baden, associate professor of Old Testament studies at Yale Divinity School:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/10\/05\/so-called-biblical-scholar-says-jesus-a-made-up-myth.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"NDU<\/a>
Professor Candida Moss, Notre Dame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dr.<\/a>
Professor Joel Baden, Yale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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