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Was Pilate Sensitive to Jews and their Customs (such that he would allow decent burials for crucified victims)?
Bart presents evidence that Pilate would not have bowed to the burial practices of Jews in allowing decent burials for those who were crucified....
Why Critical Scholarship on the Gospels Helps *Believers* in the Bible!
Bart argues, using the very different passion narratives of Mark and Luke, that it is theologically valuable to read each gospel as NOT telling...
A Proposition That Ramesses-the-Sixth (Ramesses VI) Was the Pharaoh of the Exodus by Omar Robb
Omar Robb presents historical evidence that puts the Israelites in Egypt during the time of Ramesses VI. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
How the New Testament Itself Supports Critical Biblical Scholarship!
Bart points out that Matthew and Luke did not consider Mark to be an inviolable, sacrosanct, completely accurate account of what Jesus said and...
Hey, Stop Trashing the Gospels!
Bart argues that understanding what the Gospels really are is not the same as trashing them. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
Creating the Qu'ran: Where Did the Scripture of Islam Really Come From? Guest post by Stephen Shoemaker
Stephen Shoemaker dates the final form of the Qu'ran to the time of CaliphʿAbd al-Malik around the turn of the eighth century. Read by...