I've blogged on this topic before, but I've recently gotten a few questions on it in email. I decided to revisit it by posting some PDF resources. Here's the short answer to "Was Jesus a failed prophet?" Yes, if you don't understand the idea of conditional prophecy,...
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Jacobovici and Wilson’s Lost Gospel: Lengthy Review by Richard Bauckham
Well-known New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham recently completed his lengthy review of the latest "Jesus revisionism" book by Jacobovici and Wilson that I've blogged about previously. Bauckham published his review in seven online installments, but the entire...
Richard Bauckham on the Flimsy Evidence for Talpiot B as the Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea
I hope you all read the short but clear-headed guest post on Mark Goodacre's NT Blog by guest blogger Richard Bauckham. Professor Bauckham does a nice job of succinctly demonstrating the tenuous nature of what seems to be the only data point approximating evidence for...
Richard Bauckham on the Talpiot B Inscription
I just read the lengthy essay by Richard Bauckham entitled, "The Four Line Ossuary Inscription from Talpiyot Tomb B: An Interpretation" posted on the ASOR blog today. It's fascinating, and exactly what I was hoping would follow the Rollston article. Bauckham comes up...