Robert Eisenman Adds His Perspective to the Gerd Luedemann Court Decision

Jesus Project fellow Robert Eisenman writes of the Luedemann case that it has a deep roots in the German educational system, going back to the Enlightenment itself: “….Allow me to express a last follow-up example from Gerd’s own homeland and this two centuries earlier in the 1780′s when Moses Mendelssohn was wrestling with similar issues [...]

Sad News for the Academy: German Courts Limit Theological Inquiry

Dear readers, The following is written by Joe Hoffmann concerning news we, at the Jesus Project, have just heard this morning. Gerd Luedemann has lost his ten-year-long court battle in Germany. The ruling should surprise every critical mind, but it should be of great concern to those in the academy. Gerd writes (in regards to [...]

Richard Carrier’s New Book

Richard Carrier recently published a new book! (No, it is not his Jesus book–he is still working on that one) Check out his blog post about it here: http://richardcarrier.blogspot.com/2009/02/not-impossible-faith.html Also check out his book (as in ‘pick up a copy’) at Lulu here: http://www.lulu.com/content/4580954

An Amusing Graffito

Pompeii and Herculaneum provide some 11,000 inscriptions for scholars to study, most of them bring in Latin (although there are many still which are Oscan, Greek, Etruscan and at times, combinations of these). These inscriptions give a glimpse of what life was like at Pompeii from around 30 BCE to 79 CE shortly before its [...]

The Jesus Project Website

Updates galore! As some of my readers have already borne witness to, the website has been resurrected (pun intended); from the ashes of the old will come the new. Carol has done a great job with the site so far. These updates include new News segments, the recent online discussions concerning the Project from all [...]

From R. Joseph Hoffmann: A Discourse on Method

R. Joseph Hoffmann once again weighs in on the recent discussions concerning the Jesus Project. Unlike the previous entry posted here for him, this article handles a wide variety of issues; from detractors and apologists to methods that should be employed by the Project, its a great read through and through. Joe, the floor is [...]

Jesus is Bankrupt: Why We’re Talking Past Each Other

By Thomas Verenna April DeConick was goodly enough to continue this conversation on her blog (and we’re all thankful she did). But I want to start out by making it clear that April has not represented my position correctly. Even when she quotes it in block-quote format, she seems to have missed my words completely. [...]