Category: Religion

What Are the Gospels?

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BOOK REVIEW What Are the Gospels?: A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biographyby Richard A. Burridge 2020 About the AuthorThe Revd Canon Professor Richard A. Burridge is an internationally recognised biblical scholar, ethicist, theologian and social commentator. During his career, he has been a schoolmaster, parish priest, university chaplain, academic, and professor, and he served as Dean … Continue reading What Are the Gospels?

Forgery and Counterforgery

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BOOK REVIEW Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemicsby Bart D. Ehrman 2012 About the AuthorBart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Widely recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on the New Testament and early Christianity, … Continue reading Forgery and Counterforgery

The Gnostics

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BOOK REVIEW The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianityby David Brakke 2010 About the AuthorDavid Brakke is the Ohio State University Joe R. Engle Chair in the History of Christianity and Professor of History. He received the B.A. in English from the University of Virginia (1983), M.Div. from Harvard University (1986), and Ph.D. … Continue reading The Gnostics

The Jesus Dynasty

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BOOK REVIEW The Jesus Dynastyby James D. Tabor 2007 About the AuthorJames D. Tabor is chair of the department of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He holds a PhD in biblical studies and is an expert on Christian origins. He is the author of several books, among them The Jesus Dynasty. … Continue reading The Jesus Dynasty

Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible

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BOOK REVIEW Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bibleby Russell E. Gmirkin 2017 About the AuthorRussell E. Gmirkin is a writer, researcher, and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar living in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus: Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch (2006). About the BookPlato … Continue reading Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible

David and Solomon

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BOOK REVIEW David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Traditionby Israel Finkelstein & Neil Asher Silberman 2007 About the AuthorsIsrael Finkelstein is a professor of archaeology at Tel Aviv University. He is a leading figure in the archaeology of the Levant and the laureate of the … Continue reading David and Solomon

God Is Not Great

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BOOK REVIEW God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everythingby Christopher Hitchens 2007 About the AuthorChristopher Hitchens was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair,Slate, and the Atlantic, and the author of numerous books, including works on Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and George Orwell. He also wrote the international bestsellers god Is Not Great: How Religion … Continue reading God Is Not Great