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
Bart summarizes this unique narrative of the spread of the faith in its first thirty years. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
Mike Licona responds to Bart's post on their debate over whether Matthew and Luke have contradictory versions of the directives Jesus gave the disciples....
Dr. Ehrman outlines the events of Joshua through 2 Kings and the books' relationship to the book of Deuteronomy Read by John Paul Middlesworth