Category Archives: Historical Paul

Dialogue with Vincent Torley over the Probability of Jesus’ Resurrection

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Celsus

Yesterday I wrote an extended response to apologist Vincent Torley’s OP–“Evidence for the Resurrection”–which was discussed recently in a post on John Loftus’ blog. In his OP, Torley argues that there is about a 60-65% subjective probability that Jesus rose … Continue reading →

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Some Scholarly Bibliography on the Historical Jesus and the Apostle Paul

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Celsus

Last Spring quarter, when I was taking graduate seminars on the New Testament and Christian Origins at UC Santa Barbara, I compiled a bibliography of notable scholarship over the last several decades on the historical Jesus and the apostle Paul … Continue reading →

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Daniel Boyarin, “A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity”

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Celsus

Earlier this year I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Daniel Boyarin when he visited the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae at UC Irvine during the Winter academic quarter. He gave a guest lecture in the TLG for a “Jews in Theory” course … Continue reading →

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