One implication of the lack of direct access to the past concerns the testability of historical hypotheses. The historian cannot perform experiments on his work like that of a scientist. And if […]
From early fragments embedded in some of the later biblical narratives historians can see that the Israelites believed their ancestors to have been nomads (1). Nomads are a people who lack […]
1. Josephus Flavius. Josephus Flavius (37-101 AD), a 1st century historian who penned his work around 94 AD, is important for historians wishing to gain early insight into early Christianity. […]
One implication of the lack of direct access to the past concerns the testability of historical hypotheses. The historian cannot perform experiments on his work like can a scientist. However, one may […]
The Enlightenment proves to be an important period in recent history for those interested in the Science-Religion debate. It was a movement that first came into fruition within 17th and […]
The Pharisees do not have a good name partly because of the way our gospel sources present them. Historically, they were religious leaders during the Second Temple Judaism period (515 […]
When the historian wishes to learn about the life and ministry of Jesus he evaluates the primary sources (the gospels, Pauline epistles, and the rest of the New Testament) using […]
Scholar Dan Wallace notes the Gnostics agenda which was “an effort to combine Greek philosophical Neoplatonism – with its emphasis on the value of ideas and the devaluing of matter – with […]
Much like is the case within the scientific enterprise, Historical Biblical Criticism (HBC) operates according to the constraint of methodological naturalism (MN). As I’ve show elsewhere methodological naturalism is a […]
Prior to Roman occupation the Jews were expecting not one messiah but two. The first would be the suffering servant messiah as prophesied by Isaiah (52:13–53:12). This messiah would suffer […]
