The internet and electronic media are not the problem, just the means. I am delighted to be able to express gratitude to members of the X-Talk discussion list<\/a>, and to various blogs<\/a>, for drawing this to our attention<\/a>. If frauds and urban legends are disseminated ever more widely in our electronic age, those detecting them and combatting them share all the same tools and possibilities.<\/p>\n Returning to the theme of students finding high-quality resources, I\u2019d be perfectly happy if they use resources by any of the genuine scholars of ancient literature and\/or the study of the historical Jesus listed on the home page of the Jesus Project. The key is to read something actually by<\/em> a credible author who is an expert in their field, and not merely something by a group that lists such individuals as participants in a conference or project.<\/p>\n One of the biggest challenges students seem to face is identifying reputable sources of information. This is particularly true when they are using their favorite resource, the internet, but the problem does not disappear in those few instances when some few bright sparks among them actually enter a library. One suggestion I make (apart from […]<\/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-4328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-5939618022321667606?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")