historical Jesus
Remembering E.P. Sanders, a New Testament scholar who offered a new look at Judaism
By Mark Chancey — December 5, 2022
(RNS) — Sanders forcefully called on fellow New Testament scholars to reject caricatures of Judaism.
John P. Meier, priest, scholar and author of ‘A Marginal Jew’ has died at 80
By Renée Roden — October 20, 2022
(RNS) — Meier spent years arguing that faith and scientific research could enliven biblical scholarship about the life of Jesus.
What did Jesus wear?
By Joan Taylor — February 12, 2018
(The Conversation) — For Joan Taylor, as a historian, trying to visualize Jesus accurately is a way to understand Jesus more accurately, too.
3 ways relics and artifacts can help us ‘find Jesus’
By David Gibson — February 26, 2015
(RNS) Despite the overblown claims and dodgy artifacts floating around out there, genuine artifacts and solid historical research still provide the best window into a long-ago world and the best chance to figure out who Jesus really was, and what he meant.
Forget Santa Claus, Virginia. Was there a Jesus Christ?
By David Gibson — December 19, 2014
(RNS) Some argue that Jesus was a fictional character, and that believers and everyone else have been duped. Scholars say there’s nothing to the claim. So why does the theory keep hanging around?
Article on ‘Jesus’ Wife’ papyrus delayed for more testing
By David Gibson — January 4, 2013
(RNS) The Harvard Theological Review is postponing publication of a major article on the papyrus fragment in which Jesus seems to refer to his wife, raising further doubts about a discovery that was set to turn Christian history on its head when it was announced last September. By David Gibson.
Bart Ehrman’s new portrayal of Jesus is surprisingly sympathetic
By Tracy Gordon — April 3, 2012
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (RNS) As Christians prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, Bart Ehrman, an agnostic, convincingly demonstrates there was a historical Jesus. As for the "mythicists" who argue otherwise -- many of them his biggest fans -- Ehrman has some choice words: "sensationalist," "wrongheaded" and "amateurish." By Yonat Shimron.
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