A Christian Response by Stephen J. Bedard
If there are some who doubt that Jesus was a historical figure, there are more that doubt that Moses was a historical figure. But why? In an episode of the Biblical World podcast, Mark Janzen and Chris McKinny discuss Moses and the exodus. There are plenty of interesting things in their conversation. One of the … Read More “The Historical Moses and the Historical Jesus” »
This part of my response of R.G. Price’s Case Against Historical Christ will be fairly short as there is not much to his argument. We must realize that Price is going for quantity of evidence rather than quality. We are supposed to feel overwhelmed by the number of arguments before we even evaluate how strong … Read More “Is Jesus Based Upon Mistranslations of the Old Testament?” »
In this segments of the series in response to R.G. Price’s Case Against Historical Christ, we move on from the Gospel of Mark to the Gospels in general. Virtually every detail of the life of Jesus comes from “Old Testament” scriptures I will admit that I am more sympathetic to this argument than many put … Read More “Is the Life of Jesus Based on the Old Testament?” »
This is slightly off topic from the Jesus Myth, but only slightly. We spend a lot of times differentiating Jesus from other gods. What about YHWH? The stories about YHWH were coming out at the same time as stories about gods of other nations. What is the difference? Of course there are differences in the … Read More “The Difference Between YHWH and Pagan Gods” »
