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Category Archives: History
Authorial Third Person Narration–in Thucydides, Josephus, Xenophon, and Caesar–Versus the Gospel of Matthew
One of the issues that pops up frequently, when discussing the authorial anonymity of the Gospel of Matthew, is how a number of Classical authors refer to themselves in the third person, when narrating historical events in which they themselves … Continue reading
Readers’ Mailbag: Should Legendary Development Have Occurred More Rapidly for Alexander the Great than Jesus?
Recently in response to my blog essay “Are the Gospels Ancient Biographies?: The Spectrum of Ancient Βίοι”–in which I discuss how the NT Gospels resemble the more novelistic and fabulous biographies from antiquity, such as the Alexander Romance (in contrast to … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Biography, Ancient Novel, Classics, Historical Jesus, History, Mailbag, Miracles
Tagged Alexander Romance, Alexander the Great, Alexander the Great vs. Jesus, Ancient Biography, Historical Jesus, Legendary Development, Myth Growth Rates, Novelistic Biography, Popular Biography
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David Bryan on N.T. Wright and the Argument from “Anachronistic Anastasis” by Eric Bess
[Below is a guest blog by my friend Eric Bess, which deals appropriately with a topic pertaining to Easter and how to interpret the nature of the resurrection event.] General Problems of Reasoning and Rhetoric One of the most common … Continue reading
Numismatic Evidence that Corroborates Suetonius’ Life of Otho and Contradicts the Gospels
To follow up on my previous review of Christian scholar Craig Keener’s “Otho: A Targeted Comparison” in Biographies and Jesus, I’d like to briefly discuss the relevance of numismatic evidence in evaluating Suetonius’ Life of Otho in comparison to the NT Gospels. … Continue reading
Nicholas Covington Reviews “The Case for Christ: The Movie”
Nicholas Covington, who blogs at Hume’s Apprentice, has recently written a review on Amazon of the new The Case for Christ movie edition. Covington’s review discusses issues such as the preponderance of post-mortem hallucinations in religious movements, the growing legendary … Continue reading
Dialogue with Classicist Trevor Luke on Roman Imperial Ideology and the Miracles of Jesus: Part 1
About two years ago I met Classicist Trevor Luke (Associate Professor of Classics, Florida State University) at the Society for Classical Studies national annual meeting in San Francisco. Luke was presenting a paper at the time on his research regarding the … Continue reading
Posted in Classics, Guest Blogs, Historical Jesus, History, Miracles, Religious Studies, Resurrection
Tagged Adam Winn, Augustus, Flavian Dynasty, Gospel of Mark, Healing Miracles, Imposters of Nero, Michael Peppard, Miracles of Jesus, Miraculous Conception, Nero, Roman Imperial Ideology, Trevor Luke, Vespasian
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