If you are someone who thinks the 200-year history of New Testament criticism contains unanswerable arguments against the Fourth Gospel as a source of actual words and acts of Jesus and the apostles, then I think you have never studied the critical defense of John’s Gospel by English scholars of the nineteenth century. But fundamentalists [...]
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The early English defense of the Fourth Gospel
Posted in Historicity of John, tagged Christ, Gospel of John, higher criticism, Jesus, Jesus of History, New Testament, revelation, theology on April 13, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Luke, John, and the trials of Jesus (Part 3)
Posted in Historicity of John, The Trials of Jesus, tagged exegesis, Gospel of John, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Matthew, Passion Narrative, Synoptic Gospels, synoptic problem on April 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Here I want to place Luke and John in closer relation to Mark’s 20 verses on the period between the arrest and the trial before Pilate, and to changes in Mark introduced by the author of Matthew. To me it seems unusual that Mark has recounted everything he has heard about this night as if it happened at a single location. The confinement [...]
Luke, John, and the trial[s] of Jesus (Part 2)
Posted in Historicity of John, The Trials of Jesus, tagged exegesis, Gospel of John, Gospel of Luke, New Testament, Passion Narrative, synoptic problem on April 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
My aim in this series is simply to demonstrate an example of how the Gospel of John can contribute to the solution of problems of historical detail in cases where the synoptics offer conflicting or confusing reports of events in the life of Jesus – in this case the events occurring after the arrest of Jesus and before he is brought [...]
The Fourth Gospel and a ‘Fourth Quest’ for the Historical Jesus
Posted in Historicity of John, tagged Gospel of John, Jesus, Jesus of History, Marcus Borg, New Testament, Paul N. Anderson on April 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
As announced by JohnDave Medina at Near Emmaus, Dr. Paul N. Anderson’s lecture series on John, Jesus, and History should begin today at Reedwood Friends Church, Portland, Oregon. JohnDave indicated to me that Dr. Anderson was agreeable to the idea of uploading audio and/or video of one or more key sessions in the program. I’m eager to see that happen. [...]
The Gospel of John meets NT Wright at Wheaton
Posted in Historicity of John, tagged Christianity, Gospel of John, Jesus, Jesus of History, Marianne Meye Thompson, N T Wright, New Testament, Synoptic Gospels, synoptic problem, theology on April 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This morning’s studies have been illuminated by the ongoing Wheaton Conference blogging of Nijay Gupta especially the link I found there to the conference videos and MP3 Needless to say I was very much edified to listen in full to Marianne Meye Thompson’s talk on “The Gospel of John Meets Jesus and the Victory of God.” [...]
Luke, John, and the trial[s] of Jesus
Posted in Historicity of John, The Trials of Jesus, tagged Gospel of John, Gospel of Luke, Jesus of History, New Testament, Passion Narrative, Schleiermacher, synoptic problem on April 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I have been looking on at Matthew D. Larsen’s blog as he analyzes the differences between the synoptic versions of the Jewish trial[s] of Jesus. Matt has made it pretty clear that Luke differs too much here to call this part of the story a ‘synoptic’ view of events. I think the synoptics fail here to [...]
