Search Results for: Divino Afflante Spiritu

Jésus-Christ, Sublime Figure de Papier. Chap 1. Hermeneutical Impasse

Continuing from New French Mythicist Book . . . We see how the author, a philosopher, begins her journey with the philosophical tradition’s relationship with the Bible. Recall that Nanine Charbonnel is a philosopher of hermeneutics. Her opening chapter offers us her distinctive contribution to the question implied by the title of the book. It … Continue reading “Jésus-Christ, Sublime Figure de Papier. Chap 1. Hermeneutical Impasse”

The Historical Jesus Quest Is Theology in Disguise

Updated 8:30 am UTC As a follow up to my last post I am sharing here another valuable snippet I read in Clarke Owens’ Son of Yahweh: The Gospels as Novels. Owens’ first chapter, “Literary Criticism and the Historical Jesus”, is brilliant and deserves to be read and addressed by everyone who has an interest … Continue reading “The Historical Jesus Quest Is Theology in Disguise”

Making of a Mythicist, Act 4, Scene 5 (How Paul Was Made)

Continuing the series on Thomas Brodie’s Beyond the Quest for the Historical Jesus: Memoir of a Discovery, archived here. Chapter 16 PAUL: THE PENNY FINALLY DROPS The last post in this series concluded with If Brodie’s analyses are correct then it is clear that the epistles and Luke cannot be taken at face value in … Continue reading “Making of a Mythicist, Act 4, Scene 5 (How Paul Was Made)”

Making of a Mythicist, Act 3, Scene 4 (The Dominican Biblical Institute, and Its Research)

. Chapter 11 The Dominican Biblical Institute . This hurts. It becomes personal. From my outsider perspective I understand that the Dominican Biblical Institute (DBI) was founded by Thomas Brodie (though he has an oblique way of explaining this in Beyond the Quest), so when I turn now to the DBI’s website to see what … Continue reading “Making of a Mythicist, Act 3, Scene 4 (The Dominican Biblical Institute, and Its Research)”

Saving the Infallibility of the Bible from the Natural Sciences — Use and Abuse of the Bible, Part 2

Continuing from Part 1 of this series. . . . The traditional use of the Bible The central point of the previous post was that the Bible came to be viewed as having a singular message that buttressed a comprehensive an entire world view. That is, one’s larger view of the world was believed to … Continue reading “Saving the Infallibility of the Bible from the Natural Sciences — Use and Abuse of the Bible, Part 2”