In my last post I discussed two things that get under my skin in professional contexts, making me blow my top (to mix the metaphor): ignorance posing as expertise (not just in biblical studies but generally) and facile answers, by “experts,” to the biggest personal/philosophical/religious problem people have to face, why there is suffering in the world if there is an all powerful and loving God in charge of it. Read by Petra Ortiz
Read by Ken Teutsch.
Dr. Ehrman notes how archaeologists have rejected Rene Salm's claim that Nazareth did not exist in Jesus' time. Read by John Paul Middlesworth
Part two of Platinum blog member Mark Reichert's attempts to reconstruct a narrative of Jesus' death and resurrection. Read by Steve McCabe.