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
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Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible
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
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David and Solomon
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
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God Is Not Great
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
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The Messiah Myth
BOOK REVIEWThe Messiah Myth: The Near Eastern Roots of Jesus and Davidby Thomas L. Thompson 2005 About the AuthorThomas L. Thompson (born January 7, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American-born Danish biblical scholar and theologian. He was professor of theology at the University of Copenhagen from 1993 to 2009. He currently lives in Denmark. … Continue reading The Messiah Myth
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Writing the History of Early Christianity
BOOK REVIEW Writing the History of Early Christianity: From Reception to Retrospectionby Markus Vinzent 2019 About the AuthorMarkus Vinzent holds the Chair for the History of Theology at King's College London. A Fellow of the European Academy of Science in Vienna and Max Weber Institute for Advanced Studies at Erfurt University, he is the author … Continue reading Writing the History of Early Christianity
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Pagans
BOOK REVIEW Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianityby James J. O'Donnell 2016 About the AuthorJames J. O'donnell is a classicist who served for ten years as Provost of Georgetown University and is now University Librarian at Arizona State University. He is the author of several books including Augustine, The Ruin … Continue reading Pagans
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