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Category Archives: Publications
Some New Peer-Reviewed Publications
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
Some New Thoughts on My Book Project
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
Co-Authoring a Critical Review of Geisler and Turek’s “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist” with Jeff Lowder
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
“Griffin Beak, Mermaid Fin, and Dragon Blood Stew” Is Now on the Secular Web!
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
[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
Posted in Classics, History, Publications
Tagged Anonymity of the Gospels, Are the Gospels eyewitness accounts?, Authorial traditions of the Gospels, Authors of the Gospels, Authorship of John, Authorship of Luke, Authorship of Mark, Authorship of Matthew, Church Fathers and the Gospels Authors, Gospel of John, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Matthew, Historical reliability of the Gospels, Irenaeus and the Gospels Authors, Misattribution of the Gospels, Papias and the Gospels Authors, Scholarly views on the Gospels' authors, Scholars who doubt the authors of the Gospels, Who wrote the Gospel of John?, Who wrote the Gospel of Luke?, Who wrote the Gospel of Mark?, Who Wrote the Gospel of Matthew?, Who wrote the Gospels?
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Ancient Historical Writing Compared to the Gospels of the New Testament
[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
Posted in Classics, History, Publications
Tagged Ancient Biography, Ancient Historiography, Are the Gospels biographies?, Are the Gospels histories?, Genre of the Gospels, Gospels compared to ancient historians, Gospels compared to Ancient Historiography, Historical reliability of the Gospels, What are the Gospels?
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