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Was There No Historical Jesus?
Reader Feedback and Author's ResponseSPECIAL ITEMS: Challenging Doherty: Critiquing the Mythicist Case |
Reader Reviews (including Amazon.com) of The Jesus Puzzle: Did Christianity Begin With a Mythical Christ? (Contains "Errata" at end)
Critique of The Jesus
Puzzle:
Did Christianity begin with a mythical Christ? by John Hoad,
with response by the author
A Response to G. A. Wells'
"Earliest
Christianity," an article for the New Humanist (Sept. 1999)
in which he discusses some of my website views in
regard
to the nature of the early Christian Christ.
A Response to "James Patrick
Holding"
on the Tekton Ministries web site
READER FEEDBACK SETS:
Index to Responses and their Topics
Note: The Reader Feedback comprises a succession of files, in reverse chronology (most recent first). Links at the end of each file will proceed to the next previous one. The Index below provides direct links to individual responses, but reader comments without author response are not listed.
To: Most Recent File (November 2010): Reader Feedback Set 29
[rfset29]
- To Bob: Jesus Son of Ananus in Jewish War / Mythicism and Mainstream Scholarship
- To Luiz: Mark's
Intention
- To Will: How Would a Non-Existent Q Affect the Mythicist Case?
- To Thomas:
G. J. Goldberg on the Authenticity of
Josephus' Testimonium
- To Walt: Were Early Christians "Lying"--or only Modern Mythicists!
- To Krystian: Dating the Gospels in the 2nd Century and J. P. Holding's Appeal to Tacitus
- To Dave: "Born of Woman,
born under the Law" As an
Interpolation
[rfset28]
- To Ben: When Were the
Gospels Written?
- To Doug: Romans 1:3
& "kata sarka" Again / Outside the Gate (Hebrews 13:11-13)
- To Tim: Revelation
13:8 - When was Jesus Slain?
- To Keith: Jesus'
Audience in 1 Corinthians 11:23 / Paul an "Abortion" (1 Cor. 15:8)
- To Jim: Galilee and
Paul: Joining Historical and Mythical Figures?
- To Michael:
Matthew's Guards at the Tomb and the Toledoth Yeshu
- To Warwick:
Michael Grant and the "annihilation" of Mythicism
[rfset27]
- To Javier: The
Seven "Planets" and Biblical Cosmology
- To Chris: The Son
of Man Problem
- To John: Cybele and
Attis and the Relationship to Christianity / Resurrection in the
Mysteries
- To Frederick:
Silence in 1 John / Midrash in the Old Testament
- To Bart: Why is
Jesus a Galilean?
- To Philip:
Colossians, Ephesians and 2 Thessalonians not Pauline / Some Arguments
for a First Century Paul
- To Frank: Does
Paul's "Lord's Supper" = the Last Supper? / Did Paul "invent"
Christianity?
- To Joey: What about
"Spirituality"?
- To Nyk: The Bible as
Misery?
[rfset26]
- To Robert: Gonads
and Zombies
- To Brendan: The
Brothers of the Lord
- To Mac: Why Christ
Crucified?
- To Rob: Is there any
Witness to Peter, Paul and other early Apostles?
- To Dan: Hebrews 8:4 -
"Now if he were / had been on earth..."
- To Reg: Jesus in the
Talmud
- To Malachi: Truth
and Evidence
- To Carla:
Discrediting the Dying and Rising Gods (with some advice on queries)
- To Brian: Being a Christian without an Historical Jesus
[rfset25]
- To Brad: Whatever
Happened to...?
- To Bruce: Are there
no Christians in Heaven yet?
- To Dmitry: Was
there a First-Century Paul?
- To Kevin: Does Paul
see the Mediator as Jesus, or God?
- To Gordon: Bishop
Spong on the Mythicist Case
- To Connor: The
Existence of Julius Caesar vs. Jesus
- To Nigel: Jesus as
a Criminal Rebel / Slavonic Josephus
- To Robert:
Childhood Brainwashing / Papias and the Death of Judas
- To Doug: Did the
Second Century Apologists know of the Gospels? / Occam's Razor
- To Jason: Is the Jesus Puzzle salvation in a new Religion?
[rfset24] - beginning with letters and responses on the subject of Religion and Rationality (not indexed)
- To Doug: Does Jesus
as "Lord" Mean He is God? / James' "Lord"
- To R.C.: Envisioning
the Mythical World of the Savior Gods
- To Mario: Paul's
Silence on the Words of Jesus
- To Pat: Paul's
"Silence" on the Historical Jesus Delusion / "Falsifying" the Gospel
Story
- To Raymond: The
Mythicist Case if "Paul" is Second Century
- To Eric: The Wedding
and Miracle at Cana in John
- To Bryan: Inventing
A.D. and B.C.
- To Dick: Extant New Testament Manuscripts / Barbara Thiering
- To Frank: Secret Mark a Fraud?
[rfset23] - beginning with letters and responses on the subject of Religion and Rationality (not indexed)
- To Brian: Is Paul a
Fictitious Person?
- To Matthew: Mary
Magdalene and Gnostic Characters
- To Gerald: Why
would Mark make a Mythical Christ Human?
- To Bruce: The
Source of Paul's Gospel / Where Are the Aramaic Texts?
- To Lowell: The
Wisdom of Solomon as Template for Mark's Jesus of Nazareth
- To Ray: Why the name
"Jesus"? / The name "Christ" / Existence of Nazareth
- To Major: Gospel
Predictions by Jesus that the End is Near
- To Mike: Golgotha or
Calvary—and where is it? / A Jesus Puzzle in Hardcover
[rfset22]
- To Brian: the Crux of
the Case: Syncretizing the "Jerusalem" and "Galilean" Traditions
- To Rick: Mark's
"historical" Nature / Markan Contradictions? / Criterion of
Dissimilarity
- To Gerry: "James, the
Brother of the Lord"—Again
- To Julian: Isaiah 7:14 / "Born of Woman"
- To Malcolm: The
Prophecy in Daniel 9 / Old Testament Prophecy
[rfset21]
- To Luke: Breaking the Ties that Bind
- To Adam: John, Jesus and the Paschal Lamb
- To Eric: The Author of the Fourth Gospel
- To Louis: Mary at the Cross
- To Mark: The Timing of Jesus' Crucifixion
- To James: The Evangelists as Fiction Writers
- To John: Where did the name Jesus come from?
- To Erik: Why wasn't the date of Jesus' death better recorded?
- To Klif: How did the apostles die?
- To David: "The Story of Bob"
- To Rev. Cliff: "The Blindness of the Wisdom of Man"
- To Pam: Magic, Harry Potter and Satan
- To Gregg: A PBS "Travesty"
- To Derrick: Hearing the Divine Word
- To Robert: Historical Revisionism and Making Challenges
- To Colin: Jesus and the Law
- To Gary: 1 Clement: A Blameless High Priest
- To Joshua: The New English Bible Translation
- To John: Bias in New Testament Research / Was Judea or Christianity "obscure"?
- To Bill: The Shroud of Turin
- To Mark: Jesus and Darwin
- To Keith: Vardis Fisher's Testament of Man / Novel Inventions
- To William: J. P. Holding's "No Need" Explanation for the Silence in the Epistles
- To Mike: Placing Paul's Christ "in the Heavens"
- To Brent: Jesus' Crucifixion on "Preparation Day" in the Synoptics and John
- To Bill: Paul's Silence and Stephen's Existence
- To Scott: Isaiah 7:14 - Immanuel or Jesus?
- To Martin: Jewish and Greek Syncretism in the Ancient World
- To David: Apocalyptic Parlance / 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16 / Committing the Author to an Asylum
- To Phillip: The Existence of Q and the Mythicist Position
- To Colin: Q Sayings in Different Contexts in Matthew and Luke
- To Ivan: Earliest Extant Copies of the New Testament
- To Carl: Hanged on a Tree
- To William: Existence of John the Baptist / Did Salome Dance?
- To Fay: Did Herod's Slaughter of the Innocents Take Place?
- To Michael: Growth of the Jesus Legend / Name of the Q Jesus / Jesus 'Ministering' to Jews
- To Peter: Fearing the Fear Itself
- To Doug: Roman Record of the Crucifixion
- To Chris: "He appeared to me as one abnormally born"
- To Tony: The Ending and Dating of the Acts of the Apostles
- To David: Bringing Jesus in on Caiaphas' Coattails / No Archaeological Christian Record
- To Dan: In a Post-Christian World
- To Miso: Mark's Innovation / Greek Rationalism
- To Con: Jesus Historicized / Under Herod and Pilate / Paul's Horror / Gnostic Lemmings
- To Tomas: Jesus in the Dead Sea Scrolls
- To Gregg: Matthew & Luke Fiction? / Vatican Conspiracies / Counterfeit Crucifixion
- To Even: Jesus' Birthplace
- To Chris and Bill: Historicity of Peter and the Petrine Tradition / 1 Clement and Peter & Paul
- To Anthony: Meaning of "Christ Jesus"
- To Hugo: Teaching in Parables / Cynic Teachings
- To Michael: Did Mark Read Paul?
- To Warwick: What Did Paul Write?
- To Mark: Myths and Illusions of Mind and Soul
- To Eric: Matthew's Guard at the Tomb / Luke's Post-Resurrection Scene
- To Jarek: The Talmud / Sheol and an Afterlife / Acts' Attestation / Midrash / Quirinius' Census
- To Ed: Could Josephus have called Jesus "a wise man"?
- To Alex: Ignatian Mythology
- To Colin: Resurrection for Attis?
- To Gary: Dating of New Testament Documents / Eyewitness Problems
- To Kenneth: Jesus a Zealotic Revolutionary?
- To Pete: In Paul's Room: A 'Positive' Argument from Silence
- To Stoil: Was There a Q Founder 'Jesus'?
- To Guy: The Christ vs. Mr. Christ
- To Peter: More on the Plaque from Jesus' Cross, and Jesus' Footprints
- To Joyce: Ambitions and Tenacity
- To Arne: Backward Progression of Christology
- To John: Standard Objections to the Jesus Myth (Jesus and Lenin)
- To James: Accuracy and Reliability in Acts
- To Mike: The Old Testament as a Pointer to Christ
- To Greg: The Gospel of Paul and the Gospel of Peter
- To Walter: Exercising Responsibility in the Investigation of Christian Origins
- To David: Opening Windows
- To Luis: Jewish and Christian Messianic Ideas
- To Alisdair: Fitting Jesus into "Normal Religious Processes"
- To Jaylene: Scripture out of Context / Gospel Contradictions
- To Andrzej: Chrestus, Priscilla and Aquila
- To Warwick: Paul's Age and Powers of Recollection
- To Farrah, Paul and John: Faith, Truth, and the Antichrist
- To Steve: Ancient Disputes over Jesus' existence
- To Greg: Christianity: Jewish or Pagan? / Thallus and Phlegon / The Christian Record
- To Alan: Lack of Diversity in The Jesus Puzzle
- To Brian: Roman Announcement of Jesus' Birth
- To Darryl: Plaque from Jesus' Cross / Apollonius of Tyana
- To Abe: "The present generation will live to see it all . . ."
- To Robert: Mark's Jesus as merely a Prophet / No Pagan Mythicists
- To John: Docetists in 1 John and Ignatius / Gnostic vs. Orthodox / Rival Apostles / en sarki
- To Peter: Julian the Apostate as New Testament Exegete?
- To John: The Silence on Jesus the Man in Early Christianity
- To Tom: When Did Christianity Start?
- To Arne: Philippians 2:6-11: Naming Jesus
- To Mike: Did Paul Found Any Christian Communities? / Is Any of Paul Genuine?
- To John: Silence on Paul = No Paul?
- To John A: Positioning the Gospel of John
- To Helen: Letters by Caiaphas and Pilate / Historical Fallacies
- To Gerard: Josephus and Punch Lines
- To Rebecca: Round and Pointed Heads
- To John: New Scenarios for the Gospels
- To Barry: 'Human' References and a Gospel from Scripture
- To Adam: 'Historical Persons' Who May Never Have Existed
- To Wolf: Syncreticism vs. Division
- To Billy: Rationalizing the Epistolary Silence
- To David: Uncritical Theories
- To Jules: The Jesus Puzzle Novel
- To Vincent: The Silence in the Epistle of James
- To David: Mystic Poetry
- To Bruce: Conspiracy Theories
- To Matthew: Documentation and the Argument from Silence
- To B.A.W.: Jesus in a Coma and other Speculations
- To Bob: Did Nazareth Exist? / Revelation 11:8
- To Glenn: The History of Ideas and the Nature of Progress
- To Mohamed: Later Church Theology
- To Dave: Pontius Pilate and John the Baptist Historical?
- To Marie: On Hoaxes and Hopes
- To Neil: Evolution of the Gospel Jesus / Mark and the Fall of Jerusalem
- To Roger: Who Created the Red and Pink Sayings? / Criteria of Authenticity
- To Glenn: Dating Gospel Fragments
- To Avram: Crucified Redeemers
- To Mary: Models For the Gospel Jesus
- To Barry: The Gospel Jesus as Revolutionary
- To Neil: From Mythical Figure to Historical Man
- To Michael: Dating the Gospels and Acts
- To Anonymous: Satan's Language
- To Robert (1): John the Baptist / Ebionites / Talmud
- To Robert (2): A New Moses For a New Covenant
- To Anna: Christianity as a "Mystery"
- To David: The Problem of Markan Geography
- To Miles: Greek Mystery Cults
- To Michel: Luke's Theophilus
- To Sean: James "the Brother of the Lord" (Galatians 1:19)
- To Charity: Jesus' Missing Ministry / Christian Apostleship and Paul's Call
- To Emma: Mythic Deaths / Writing Mark and John
- To Johnson: How Christianity Started / Rules of Authenticity
- To Victor: The Spread of Christianity / Acts' Pentecost
- To Jack: Comparing Jesus and Arthur
- To Tom: Dreaming of TV Castles in the Sky
- To Doug: Jesus as Epitome of Broad Movements / Women at the Tomb
- To Christian: The Silence in the Epistles / Christian Denial of an Historical Jesus
- To Jan: The Historicization Process: Mark, Q, Ignatius and the Epistle of Barnabas
- To Jeff: A Letter from Pilate to Tiberius about Jesus?
- To Steven: Josephus and Christian Forgery / "Brother of the Lord" / John's Jesus
- To Lynn: The Magi / Cults of John the Baptist / Jewish-Christian Sects
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