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“The Marcionite Gospel and the Synoptic Problem: A New Suggestion”

Matthias Klinghardt responded to Mark Goodacre’s 2002 book, The Case Against Q, with an article proposing a Marcionite solution to the Synoptic Problem: “The Marcionite Gospel and the Synoptic Problem: A New Suggestion” published in Novum Testamentum, 2008. For those of us who like to be reminded, here are the traditional theories on the Synoptic … Continue reading ““The Marcionite Gospel and the Synoptic Problem: A New Suggestion””

Bruno Bauer (through Albert Schweitzer)

Here’s a little more on Bruno Bauer’s arguments on Gospel origins. (My recent post on Roland Boer’s discussion has put me on a little roll.) It’s a shame that more of Bauer’s works are not available at a reasonable cost in English. I take this as an indicator that scholarship in the English speaking world … Continue reading “Bruno Bauer (through Albert Schweitzer)”

Bruno Bauer and Today (“Is This Not the Carpenter?” — chapter 2)

This concludes my recent post on chapter 2 of Is This Not the Carpenter?, “The German Pestilence: Re-assessing Feuerbach, Strauss and Bauer” by Roland Boer. That earlier post was an overview of Roland Boer’s explanation for the emergence of radical biblical criticism in Germany in the early nineteenth century and surveyed the landmark roles of … Continue reading “Bruno Bauer and Today (“Is This Not the Carpenter?” — chapter 2)”

31. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Part 31 (Scholarly Reconstructions of HJ)

* Scholarly Reconstructions of the Historical Jesus . COVERED IN THIS POST: Consensus scholarly views of the historical Jesus The tyranny of the Gospels What Q does not tell us about an historical Jesus How New Testament scholarship operates Conflicting scholarly views about who and what Jesus was Finding Jesus in the Q prophets An … Continue reading “31. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Part 31 (Scholarly Reconstructions of HJ)”

Scholarly Consensus in Biblical Studies — Does It Mean Anything?

It might surprise some people to know that, even several years after Darwin and Wallace made public their independent discoveries and insights regarding natural selection, the vast majority of Lamarckians were not persuaded. Similarly, some die-hard Steady-State proponents never embraced the Big Bang. Fred Hoyle was promoting variations of his Steady State theory, publishing papers … Continue reading “Scholarly Consensus in Biblical Studies — Does It Mean Anything?”

Bart Ehrman vs. Earl Doherty. Part 29 of Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism

* Bart Ehrman vs. Earl Doherty . COVERED IN THIS POST: Using previous scholarship with a different end result Ehrman’s numerous misreadings and misrepresentations of my text Platonic (and other) ancient views of the universe What was the interpretation of the cultic myths: allegorical or literal, heavenly or earthly? among the philosophers? among the devotees … Continue reading “Bart Ehrman vs. Earl Doherty. Part 29 of Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism”

26. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Part 26

* Mythicist Inventions: Part One – Creating the Mythical Christ from the Pagan Mystery Cults . COVERED IN THIS POST: Jesus as a dying and rising god Common creations of the religious mind The demise of James Frazer’s The Golden Bough The case for borrowing lies in syncretism Jewish and Greek forms of resurrection Paul … Continue reading “26. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Part 26”

25. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism — Part 25

* Is Jesus Based on Pagan Precedents? . COVERED IN THIS POST: A cult of parallels Comparing Apollonius of Tyana Kersey Graves as punching bag Compare John Remsburg Evaluating a range of different parallels Birth of Mithras Water into wine by Dionysos Horus the shepherd-king Isis and Horus, Mother and Child Do Christian fathers give … Continue reading “25. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism — Part 25”

24. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Part 24

* Mythicist Claim Three: The Gospels Are Interpretive Paraphrases of the OT . COVERED IN THIS POST: The Gospels constructed out of scriptural midrash Jesus’ passion modelled on a traditional Jewish story The Gospel of the Old Testament according to Robert Price The Gospel Jesus as a new Moses A Jesus miracle modelled on Elijah … Continue reading “24. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Part 24”

23. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Part 23

* Part II: The Mythicists’ Claims – One: A Problematic Record . .COVERED IN THIS POST: Admitting to problematic Gospels Gospel authors unknown Fallacious analogies: Obama’s birth certificate The Hitler diaries Clinton’s presidency George Washington Discrepancies and contradictions in the Gospels Radically different pictures of Jesus How much of the Gospels is fictional? Form criticism … Continue reading “23. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Part 23”

22. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Part 22

* A Crucified Messiah COVERED IN THIS POST: Jesus and David Koresh Was a crucified criminal believed to be the messiah? Ehrman’s “story” of a resurrection A story missing in Q and the epistles The actual picture in the epistles Did Jews invent a crucified messiah? Did Jews anticipate a suffering messiah? The sources and … Continue reading “22. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Part 22”

Is the Gospel of Mark Creatively Emulating Philo’s Life of Moses?

Did the Jewish philosopher Philo influence the story-line and character-portrayals that we read in the Gospel of Mark? I cannot yet commit myself to believing he did but I am keen to follow up the question since encountering it in Reimagining Christian Origins: A Colloquium Honoring Burton L. Mack. (Mack, of course, is famous for … Continue reading “Is the Gospel of Mark Creatively Emulating Philo’s Life of Moses?”

17. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Pt.17

* Jesus Tradition in the Acts of the Apostles . COVERED IN THIS POST: Ehrman accepts Acts as reliable history Acts as a second century product Judas treated as an historical figure More Aramaic tradition? Quoting Paul quoting Jesus The speeches in Acts Adoptionism: Jesus becomes God’s son Tracing the sequence of ideas about Jesus … Continue reading “17. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Pt.17”

15. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Pt. 15

* The Epistle to the Hebrews (Part One) . God speaking through a Son in a new reading of scripture Hebrews’ Son a heavenly entity like the Logos Hebrews 101: a sacrifice in a heavenly sanctuary an event of revelation at the start of the sect no words of Jesus on earth to be found … Continue reading “15. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Pt. 15”