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$\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ No, this blog post is not asking about\u00a0my<\/em> opponents. It is to mention that a book to which I contributed, Who Do My Opponents Say That I Am?: An Investigation of the Accusations Against the Historical Jesus<\/em> (Library of New Testament Studies)<\/a> $\"\"$ , is now available as an ebook.<\/p>\n

At present it is only available in those formats (epub and pdf) from the publisher\u2019s website<\/a>, but I presume that eventually you\u2019ll be able to get the ebook from Amazon and other vendors as well.<\/p>\n

In addition to my own piece on \u201cJesus as False Prophet,\u201d the volume includes Scot McKnight\u2019s treatment of Jesus as mamzer<\/em>, an idea which I interact with and respond to in my article \u201cWas Jesus illegitimate? The evidence of his social interactions,\u201d which you can read online on my Selected Works page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"