A Christian Response by Stephen J. Bedard
One of the supposed sources for the virgin birth of Jesus is that of Alexander the Great. But what are the chances that the Gospel writers borrowed from the stories of Alexander? Dr. Mikel Del Rosario responds to these claims in this video. Make sure to check out his website.
In a previous post, we compared the so-called virgin births of mythical figures with that of Jesus. We saw that when looking at them carefully, they are nothing like what the New Testament says about Jesus. However, it is not just mythical figures that claimed divine parentage. There are historical figures who supposedly had some … Read More “Jesus, Other Historical Figures and Virgin Births” »
One of the important authors for a number of areas regarding the Jesus Myth is Plutarch. Among other writings, he wrote a series of lives of Greek and Roman figures. There is a collection of these bound as the Greek Lives. In a way this is an artificial way of organizing them because Plutarch purposely … Read More “Plutarch: Greek Lives” »
