2010-12-19

John Dominic Crossan the Theologian Explaining the Historicity of Jesus

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by Neil Godfrey

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Australia’s Radio National program, The Spirit of Things, aired an interview today with John Dominic Crossan.

If there can be any doubt whether Crossan is a historian AND/OR a theologian it must surely be settled with his comments in this interview.

Well into the interview the presenter, Rachael Kohn, dropped in the question about people who think Jesus was a mythical creation and not historical at all. Did I sense a whiff of giggling ‘how silly’ with this question? Curiosly Kohn said that the idea must tickle the fancy of “atheists”. I had to wonder why. Continue reading “John Dominic Crossan the Theologian Explaining the Historicity of Jesus”