Tag: Christianity
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6/25/25 THE DATING OF THE GOSPELS, PART 12 – THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
I intended this next argument to be about the Synoptic Gospels as a whole. The problem is that we have covered most of these arguments already, so there is little to be gained by repeating them. By the way, “synoptic” means “seen together.” So why is John’s Gospel not a “synoptic” gospel, why is it…
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6/18/25 DATING THE GOSPELS, PART 11 – THE WRITINGS OF LUKE
Today we’ll look at RETHINKING THE DATES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, by Jonathan Bernier, published in 2022. We’ll start by looking at Bernier’s review of an apparently old argument: “It has been argued that Luke-Acts evinces knowledge of Josephus’s works, and more specifically, his Antiquities, written ca. 93. Robinson [John Arthur Thomas Robinson (1919-1983), English…
