{"id":408,"date":"2011-01-26T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/round-up-my-blogging-on-mythicism-thus-far\/"},"modified":"2011-01-26T11:21:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T11:21:00","slug":"round-up-my-blogging-on-mythicism-thus-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/round-up-my-blogging-on-mythicism-thus-far.html","title":{"rendered":"Round-Up: My Blogging On Mythicism Thus Far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Newcomers to the blog have asked about my views on or engagement with a variety of topics, arguments, and individuals. And so I thought a collection of links to my posts on mythicism thus far might be in order.<\/p>\n

Why I Find Mythicism Disturbing in a Nutshell<\/a>
Scholars Assembling Puzzles: Illustrating Differences Between Scholarly Research and Mythicist Blog Conversations <\/a>
Mythicism and Mainstream Historical Method<\/a>
Born of a Woman (Merry Mythmas)<\/a>
Defining Mythicism<\/a>
Mythicist Misunderstanding<\/a>
Jesus Probably Existed: The Argument from Mythicism<\/a>
David Fitzgerald on the Existence of Jesus<\/a>
Responding to David Fitzgerald<\/a>
Jesus \u2013 Now With Fewer Miracles! Dialogue with David Fitzgerald, Part 2<\/a>
Richard Carrier on Bayes\u2019 Theorem, Historical Probability, and the Existence of Jesus<\/a>
Mythicism, History and Rhetoric<\/a>
Mythtaken Genre: Epistles and Mythicism<\/a>
Battling Mythicism in the Heavenly Places<\/a>
Mythicism vs. the Socratic Historians<\/a>
Mythicism and John the Baptist<\/a>
Mythicism, Plausibility and Uncertainty<\/a>
Is There Evidence For Mythicism<\/a>
Mythicism and Paradigm Shifts<\/a>
Mythicist Quote of the Day (Neil Godfrey)<\/a>
More on Mythicism<\/a>
More Mythicist-Creationist Parallels: Messiahs, Wisdom and Jesus<\/a>
Mythicism, Intelligent Design, Courts, and Sports<\/a>
Once More On The Resemblance Between Mythicism And Creationism<\/a>
Mythicism and Historicism as Theories (and an Altar Call to Take a Leap of Doubt)<\/a>
What More Could I Have Said About Paul? The New Perspective, Acts, and Mythicism<\/a>
Mythicist Eisegesis in 1 Corinthians 11<\/a>
Hobsbawm vs. the Mythicists<\/a><\/p>\n

There are also several other attempts<\/a> at humor<\/a>\u00a0(some of which\u00a0try to make a serious point<\/a>), mentions of books<\/a> and links<\/a> to blog<\/a> posts<\/a> by<\/a> others<\/a> that could also have been included. But the above posts provide my own perspectives on and engagement with the subject.<\/p>\n

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