Some skeptics claim the Synoptic Gospels made in error in the locations of Gerasenes or Gadarenes, but do they really? This video shows there was no error.
(Originally posted on Apr 23, 2021) Skeptics bring up several objections to the census of Quirinius within Luke's Gospel. This video addresses several of their claims.
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Who came to Jesus? The centurion himself or did he send elders? Matthew 8 says the centurion to Jesus by himself to ask for him, but Luke 7 says he sent elders to Jesus to speak on his behalf, so which is it?
Sources: Enûma Eliš Tablet 6 Babylonian Genesis - Alexander Heidel
Matthew and Luke each record a different Genealogy for the family of Jesus, so is this a Bible contradiction that cannot be resolved? This video addresses this Supposed Bible Contradiction.
Sources: Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History The Birth of the Messiah - Raymond E. Brown
In this video I want to make a case evolution is compatible with Christianity and go over the evidence for one specific theory of evolution called Structuralism.
This is a Christian response to "TheThinkingAtheist's" video: • Afterlife
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,1,In the past, Robert Price has argued there were no Pharisees in Galilee prior to 70 AD, so the Bible must be in error when it says there were Pharisees that Jesus dialogued with. What does the evidence say? Thanks to the scholar Darrell Bock for reviewing this video and helping with its creation.
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Sources:
Robert Price Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KQaBxRt_bM
Sean Freyne - Galilee, from Alexander the Great to Hadrian
Josephus - Life, Jewish War, & Antiquities
John S. Kloppenborg - Synoptic Problems
A. J. Saldarini - Pharisees, Scribes and Sadducees in Palestinian Society: A Sociological
Approach
Jacob Neusner (1976). ‘First Cleanse the Inside’. New Testament Studies, 22, pp 486-495 doi:10.1017/S0028688500010183
Gregory Boyd - Cynic Sage or Son of God?
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,1,In the past, Robert Price has argued there were no synagogues in Galilee prior to 70 AD, so the Bible must be in error when it says there were synagogues that Jesus preached in. What does the evidence say? Thanks to the scholar Darrell Bock for reviewing this video and helping with its creation.
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Sources:
Robert Price Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KQaBxRt_bM
Strange, J. F., & Shanks, H. (1983). Synagogue Where Jesus Preached Found at Capernaum. Biblical Archaeology
Review, 9(6), 24–31.
Meyers, E. (1980). Ancient Synagogues in Galilee: Their Religious and Cultural Setting. The Biblical Archaeologist,
43(2), 97-108. doi:10.2307/3209628
Chad S. Spigel - Ancient Synagogue Seating Capacities
Steve Mason - Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-in-galilee-unearth-synagogue-from-jesuss-time/
Flesher, P. (2011, September). What did a Synagogue of Jesus' Time Look Like? | Bible Interp.
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/opeds/fle358001.
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This is an in-depth look into what the gospel of Thomas is and when it was written.
Sources:
Simon Gathercole - The Gospel of Thomas
NT Wright - The New Testament and the People of God
Craig Evans - Fabricating Jesus
John P. Meier - A Marginal Jew
Darrell Bock and Dan Wallace - Dethroning Jesus
Hippolytus of Rome - Refutation of all Heresies
Cyril of Jerusalem - Catechesis Lecture
Richard Bauckham - Jesus and the Eyewitnesses
Nicholas Perrin - Thomas: The Fifth Gospel?