R. Joseph Hoffmann Weighs In

Joe Hoffmann asked me to post this up on my blog for the time being.  Below, Joe weighs in on the recent exchange and comes out with his own feelings on it all.  Take it away Joe: Memorandum to Myself : The Jesus Project R. Joseph Hoffmann Just as I was beginning work for my [...]

The Jesus Project: Offering Another Perspective on the Chilton-Hoffmann-Crossley Exchange

By Thomas Verenna James Crossley recently commented on the exchange between Bruce Chilton and R. Joseph Hoffmann. I would like to weigh in with my own opinions on this recent exchange. I can only hope that my suggestions will prove useful to the Project and continue to generate the sort of dialog we have seen [...]

Joe’s More “Gloves-off” Approach to Jesus Project Criticisms

All interested parties should read this article.  It’s the revised version of the article published below.

R. Joseph Hoffmann’s Response to Bruce Chilton

(Original article here) R. Joseph Hoffmann has responded to Bruce Chilton’s article (found at the link below). The following comments are not a direct response to Bruce Chilton’s very helpful article on the Jesus Project but in many ways anticipate and respond to some of his observations. I offer it as further commentary on the [...]

Resources for Metaphysical Naturalism

Richard Carrier has a great page for articles on, concerning, or in defense of metaphysical naturalism.  It can be found here.

The Quest of the Mythical Jesus

This article can be found here.  It’s a great, personal story of how Bob went from historicist to mythicist.   Enjoy. The Quest of the Mythical Jesus Robert M. Price When, long ago, I first learned that some theorized that Jesus had never existed as an historical figure, I dismissed the notion as mere crankism, as [...]

Inerrancy and Mythicism: My Turn

James McGrath published a recent article on mythicism after I sent him over a link to a radio interview with Richard Carrier.  James makes some very good points and also some not-so-good points (but its okay, he’s still new at thinking like a “mythicist”).  So instead of doing what I normally do (write a ten [...]

Richard Carrier on ‘How Not to Argue the Mythicist Position’

This is quite a good explanation for the differences between actual, serious scholars who accept the Mythicist position compared to uncritical, shoddy research by the likes of Graves, Gandy and Freke, and more recently the Zeitgeist Movie.  I recommend everyone, both detractors of Mythicism and those who are persuaded by it, listen to this interview.  [...]

Burning the Mona Lisa: Biblical Literalism and Biblical Nihilism

Equilibrium is a movie based in an alternate reality, where World War 3 claimed the lived of billions, leaving those to survive to question the necessity of emotion. A police force was instituted called the Tetragrammaton, of which the Grammaton Cleric is of the highest rank of the order. Their purpose is to enforce the [...]

A Different Perspective on Jesus

Hambydammit from Life Without a Net has recently published a blog on Jesus that is worth taking a look at.  He also has a fascination with cats holding machine guns (or he is a cat with a machine gun).