I just switched my email for fchj to my empirix address, so I'll be able to respond quicker than I have. I read about a new Crossan book that looks at the...
Interesting articles in the new Skeptical Inquirer. Sadly, Martin Gardner, my favorite regular contributer, includes his last regular column (he is 87), on...
On the History Channel this Sunday: 6:00PM - 8:00PM Digging for Truth: Archaeology and the Bible The Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, may be the most important...
I've opened a merchandise store for the First Church of Historical Jesus at: http://www.cafepress.com/fchj <http://www.cafepress.com/fchj> . I'll keep the...
Hey Rev. Chucke, I sent your store location to David Schmader, of The Stranger. Below is an excerpt from his current Last Days column: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25 In...
It occurs to me that I finally have to sit down and figure out just what the HJ said and meant when he said it. I think getting this book is a good idea for...
Anybody interested in millenialism on either of these lists? Is it appropriate for FCHJ? Post-millenialism, premillenial dispensationalism, historical...
Preterism: The view that the prophetic events concerning the nation of Israel, as God's covenant people, are past and thus the bulk of the events depicted in...
I think preterists have more in common with FCHJ than you may think. The most common form of (full) preterism is that events depicted in Revelation and Daniel...
Okay, I see. I agree then that the preterists and I think millenial prophecies are a bunch of bull. But of course I disagree with their ultimate interpretation...
Yes, and Historical Jesus performed healings, exorcisms, and other miracles and a lot of us would say those involved a good amount of "bull," but we study him...
I missed the first episode, which was kindofa bummer, since the second show kept talking about those wonderful earlier days, compared to these latter days of...
Probably next fundraiser. I have it on Tivo and can transfer to a tape if you'd like. (Always willing to help spread the word of great skeptics...) ... ...
I'm thinking of reading the Mysterious Stranger. ... From: Peter Andrijeski [mailto:peter.andrijeski@...] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:17 PM To:...
The Mysterious Stranger is one of my all-time favorite stories. There are, however, different versions out there, based on Twain's different drafts (I think it...
I do want to read it. Shame if it wasn't the version you mention. ... From: Peter Andrijeski [mailto:peter.andrijeski@...] Sent: Friday, January 18,...
I recently finished "The Apocalyptic Jesus: A Debate." The historical case for Jesus' apocalyptic beliefs is more complex than a simple yes or no question, of...
Interesting - thanks. I don't have time to make any good independent assessment of the HJ movement. Perhaps someday I can retire and find the time to do a real...
Thanks. BTW, I just realized that I wrote here about Allison's greater scholarship in "millenarian" movements -- this is not what I meant. I meant to refer...
In a past fchj or timewaste post Rick made the point about the intersection of religion and history of religion (and of Jesus in particular) -- i.e. that...
Somewhere in the gospels, Jesus is referred to as Mary's son, which is untypical, since a man was usually known as "the son of so-and-so". It may well be that...
Meier addresses this (reference to Mary's son) but I can't recall his account of it well enough to describe it without the book handy. I'll try to review...
... How could they know he was a miraculous birth? It is entirely plausible they would be suspicious, doubting the whole story - perhaps even jealous of the...
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