{"id":399,"date":"2011-01-29T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere\/"},"modified":"2011-01-29T18:39:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T18:39:00","slug":"the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html","title":{"rendered":"The Bible and Jesus around the Blogosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/shut-up.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/shut-up.jpg\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/likeachildscience.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/can-we-trust-gospels-part-2-reflections.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Like a Child finishes reviewing, and reflects on<\/a>, a book entitled <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Can-Trust-Gospels-Investigating-Reliability\/dp\/1581348665?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;link_code=btl&amp;camp=213689&amp;creative=392969\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Can We Trust the Gospels<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=btl&amp;camp=213689&amp;creative=392969&amp;o=1&amp;a=1581348665\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important\" width=\"1\">?<\/i><br><i><br><\/i><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/imonk-classic-believing-the-bible-a-place-to-start-or-stop\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A repost from Michael Spencer<\/a> asks whether the Bible is where discussion should end for Christians, or where it should begin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diglotting.com\/2011\/01\/29\/review-jesus-of-nazareth-maurice-casey-part-i\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Diglotting begins reviewing<\/a> Maurice Casey\u2019s latest book, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jesus-Nazareth-independent-historians-teaching\/dp\/0567645177?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;link_code=btl&amp;camp=213689&amp;creative=392969\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jesus of Nazareth<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=btl&amp;camp=213689&amp;creative=392969&amp;o=1&amp;a=0567645177\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important\" width=\"1\"><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/remnantofgiants.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/29\/150m-noahs-ark-theme-park\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Remnants of Giants asks<\/a> whether the Noah\u2019s Ark theme park will include giants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sharpiron.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/28\/what-must-christians-believe\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sharp Iron asks<\/a> how to define what a \u201cChristian\u201d is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/2011\/01\/29\/cartoon-shut-up\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">NakedPastor shared the cartoon on the right<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-510790242837493987?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like a Child finishes reviewing, and reflects on, a book entitled Can We Trust the Gospels?A repost from Michael Spencer asks whether the Bible is where discussion should end for Christians, or where it should begin. Diglotting begins reviewing Maurice Casey\u2019s latest book, Jesus of Nazareth. Remnants of Giants asks whether the Noah\u2019s Ark theme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Bible and Jesus around the Blogosphere<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Like a Child finishes reviewing, and reflects on, a book entitled Can We Trust the Gospels?A repost from Michael Spencer asks whether the Bible is where\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Bible and Jesus around the Blogosphere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Like a Child finishes reviewing, and reflects on, a book entitled Can We Trust the Gospels?A repost from Michael Spencer asks whether the Bible is where\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/religionprof\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-01-29T18:39:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/shut-up.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"James F. McGrath\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ReligionProf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"James F. McGrath\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html\",\"name\":\"The Bible and Jesus around the Blogosphere\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-01-29T18:39:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-01-29T18:39:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#\/schema\/person\/78342576667b872e3d259c153ce4c5bf\"},\"description\":\"Like a Child finishes reviewing, and reflects on, a book entitled Can We Trust the Gospels?A repost from Michael Spencer asks whether the Bible is where\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Bible and Jesus around the Blogosphere\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/\",\"name\":\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath\",\"description\":\"The Blog of Dr. James F. McGrath, Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University, Indianapolis\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#\/schema\/person\/78342576667b872e3d259c153ce4c5bf\",\"name\":\"James F. McGrath\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/88ca096942acd474313f7ef4227a49da?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/88ca096942acd474313f7ef4227a49da?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"James F. McGrath\"},\"description\":\"Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. BD University of London, PhD Durham University. Author of John's Apologetic Christology, The Only True God, Theology and Science Fiction, and The Burial of Jesus, as well as (with Charles Haberl of Rutgers University) the two-volume Mandaean Book of John critical edition, translation, and commentary. Also author of numerous articles (and a few science fiction short stories) and the editor or co-editor of several volumes.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Ge8ul5\",\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/religionprof\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jamesfmcgrath\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jfmcgrat\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReligionProf\",\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/religionprof\",\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/religionprof\",\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_F._McGrath\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/author\/james-f-mcgrath\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Bible and Jesus around the Blogosphere","description":"Like a Child finishes reviewing, and reflects on, a book entitled Can We Trust the Gospels?A repost from Michael Spencer asks whether the Bible is where","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Bible and Jesus around the Blogosphere","og_description":"Like a Child finishes reviewing, and reflects on, a book entitled Can We Trust the Gospels?A repost from Michael Spencer asks whether the Bible is where","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html","og_site_name":"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath","article_author":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/religionprof\/","article_published_time":"2011-01-29T18:39:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/shut-up.jpg"}],"author":"James F. McGrath","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ReligionProf","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"James F. McGrath"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html","name":"The Bible and Jesus around the Blogosphere","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-01-29T18:39:00+00:00","dateModified":"2011-01-29T18:39:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#\/schema\/person\/78342576667b872e3d259c153ce4c5bf"},"description":"Like a Child finishes reviewing, and reflects on, a book entitled Can We Trust the Gospels?A repost from Michael Spencer asks whether the Bible is where","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/the-bible-and-jesus-around-the-blogosphere.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Bible and Jesus around the Blogosphere"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/","name":"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath","description":"The Blog of Dr. James F. McGrath, Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University, Indianapolis","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#\/schema\/person\/78342576667b872e3d259c153ce4c5bf","name":"James F. McGrath","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/88ca096942acd474313f7ef4227a49da?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/88ca096942acd474313f7ef4227a49da?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"James F. McGrath"},"description":"Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. BD University of London, PhD Durham University. Author of John's Apologetic Christology, The Only True God, Theology and Science Fiction, and The Burial of Jesus, as well as (with Charles Haberl of Rutgers University) the two-volume Mandaean Book of John critical edition, translation, and commentary. Also author of numerous articles (and a few science fiction short stories) and the editor or co-editor of several volumes.","sameAs":["https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Ge8ul5","http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/religionprof\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jamesfmcgrath\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jfmcgrat\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReligionProf","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/religionprof","https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/religionprof","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_F._McGrath"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/author\/james-f-mcgrath"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}