{"id":23852,"date":"2014-05-23T12:46:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T16:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=23852"},"modified":"2014-05-23T12:46:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T16:46:50","slug":"historical-jesus-lectures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/05\/historical-jesus-lectures.html","title":{"rendered":"Historical Jesus Lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I previously shared a selection of YouTube videos of lectures about the historical figure of Jesus<\/a>, but one of them has since disappeared, and several more have come to my attention. And since a friend asked about videos and podcasts, I thought I would share a collection of some more such useful videos. Click on each video below to watch it on YouTube.<\/p>\n

John Dominic Crossan:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>Crossan and Wright (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMFyCYWhnTr8TWokAM6CW4A\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">several others on their channel<\/a>):<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who was Jesus - John Dominic Crossan and N.T. Wright\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tEgCLv7i8uQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Licona and Martin:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Religion Soup: "Did Jesus Believe He Was Divine?" Michael Licona and Dale Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zkjzQO5aaSc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Ben Witherington:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Historical Jesus - Ben Witherington\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z22LkbEY5dM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Frank Coffman on mythicism:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Did Jesus exist? Talk on the historical Jesus, at Boulder Atheists, 1-26-2014\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-94HGOuXk90?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Four views on the historical Jesus:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Historical Jesus: Four Views\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p5xXIm1-D5Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I previously shared a selection of YouTube videos of lectures about the historical figure of Jesus, but one of them has since disappeared, and several more have come to my attention. 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