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Greg Jenks has shared his essay \u201cThe Quest for the Historical Nazareth\u201d on Academia.edu<\/a>. It deals with the subject in a manner that the apologists for Christianity and Jesus-mythicism do not.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Also of interest is\u00a0 Matthew Ferguson\u2019s impression of the Gospels<\/a>\u00a0as a student of Classics (linked to by Richard Carrier<\/a>). Like many mainstream New Testament scholars, Ferguson sees similarities to the novels of that period which were a popular form of historical fiction. And like them, he says (as many other scholars and historians have said, but mythicists reject): \u201cI do think that there are some precious kernels of truth in at least the Synoptic Gospels, but they are few and far between.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also of interest on Academia.edu are the volume <\/a>Religious Texts from Ugarit<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Nick Wyatt, and Gerhardus van den Heever\u2019s paper on baptizing movements in ancient Judaism at the time of the emergence of Christianity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"