Category Archives: Publications

Some New Peer-Reviewed Publications

Posted on February 28, 2018 by

I have been quite busy this quarter teaching as part of the Humanities Core at UC Irvine. So far we have covered the Incan Empire and Shakespeare’s Tempest, and we are now beginning to explore British colonialism in India. All … Continue reading →

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Some New Thoughts on My Book Project

Posted on July 28, 2015 by

In an earlier post I discussed some of the plans that I had in mind for my anticipated book project, which will be inspired by this blog. Since writing that post, however, I have decided to take the book in a … Continue reading →

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Co-Authoring a Critical Review of Geisler and Turek’s “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist” with Jeff Lowder

Posted on April 22, 2015 by

I have a publication announcement about some of the recent work that I have been doing with Jeff Lowder, president emeritus of the Secular Web. Lowder is doing a lengthy, chapter-by-chapter critical review of Christian apologists Norman Geisler and Frank Turek’s … Continue reading →

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“Griffin Beak, Mermaid Fin, and Dragon Blood Stew” Is Now on the Secular Web!

Posted on September 20, 2014 by

This summer I have been sending out a number of articles to publishers, and one has just recently been published on the Secular Web. I have reworked my old blog post “Griffin Beak, Mermaid Fin, and Dragon Blood Soup” into … Continue reading →

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Why Scholars Doubt the Traditional Authors of the Gospels

Posted on December 17, 2013 by

[This essay has since been published as a peer-reviewed article that can be accessed online here.] The traditional authors of the canonical Gospels–Matthew the tax collector, Mark the attendant of Peter, Luke the attendant of Paul, and John the son of … Continue reading →

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Ancient Historical Writing Compared to the Gospels of the New Testament

Posted on August 18, 2013 by

[This essay has since been published as a peer-reviewed article that can be accessed online here.] One of the subjects that first got me interested in Classics, even before I began my Ph.D. graduate studies, was the genre of ancient Greek … Continue reading →

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