Long Reads and Wikipedia

April 26, 2013 by 4 Comments

After a year of reading and looking, I arrived at the place of conceding that scholarly consensus about the authorship of the Bible gives a pretty low score to the traditional ascriptions. The best information today indicates that many books were not written by who we thought or when.

Wikipedia - BibleThe ironic and painful part of this is realizing that the answer could have been found very quickly and easily – by simply reading the Wikipedia entry on authorship of the Bible. Heavily annotated, the basic viewpoint there comports with the net information that I’ve seen. That’s sort of sad. If I wanted to know the skinny on the Book of Mormon or the Koran, the first place I would go would be Wikipedia. It was one of the last places I went on Biblical texts. We are very accustomed to learning about our religion from inside our religion.

Authorship: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Bible

The Exodus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_exodus

The Flood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_geology

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Bibliography Update

April 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The bibliography has been updated to include multimedia and selected website references.

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Bibliography Update

April 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Multimedia references are now being populated, with more pending for the section on websites.

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Cargill on The Ehrman Project

April 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment

CargillCargill on The Ehrman Project

Quite apart from Cargill’s post, which I only just found, I concur with his assessment of The Ehrman Project website. I had previously come to my own identical conclusions after digging and scratching.

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Sections 8 and 9 Published

April 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Sections 8 and 9 are now published.

Also, the bibliography will be updated in the next few days with additional web and multimedia references.

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Bibliography of Sources from Deconversion Journey

April 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Resources are the most important component of any inquiry. My thanks to the many scholars who make true inquiry possible.

A Brief Note on Stats

See “Reading the Wrong People” for a pie-chart breakdown of resources by worldview.

Written References

  1. Alexander, Denis. “How Does a BioLogos Model Need to Address the Theological Issues Associated with an Adam Who Was Not the Sole Genetic Progenitor of Humankind?” The Biologos Foundation. Undated. http://biologos.org/uploads/projects/alexander_white_paper.pdf (accessed October 2012).
  2. Ayala, Francisco. Darwin’s Gift: To Science and Religion . Joseph Henry Press, 2007.
  3. Beale, G.K. “Myth, History, and Inspiration: A Review Article of ‘Inspiration and Incarnation’ by Peter Enns.” JETS, June 2006: 287-312.
  4. Borg, Marcus J. Evolution of the Word: The New Testament in the Order the Books Were Written. HarperOne , 2012.
  5. Calvin, John. The Institutes of the Christian Religion. Translated by Henry Beveridge. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 2008.
  6. Carson, D.A. “Three Books on the Bible: A Critical Review.” April April 2006.
  7. Chesterton, G.K. Orthodoxy. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 1908.
  8. Collins, C. John. Science and Faith: Friends or Foes? Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2003.
  9. Dawkins, Richard. The God Delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
  10. Dennis, Lane T., ed. ESV Study Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008.
  11. Dever, William G. What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001.
  12. Ehrman, Bart D. Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them). HarperOne, 2010.
  13. Ehrman, Bart D. Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium. USA: Oxford University Press, 2001.
  14. Enns, Peter. Evolution of Adam, The: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins. Brazos Press, 2012.
  15. Enns, Peter. Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2005.
  16. Falk, Darrel R. Coming to Peace with Science. Intervarsity Press, 2004.
  17. Finkelstein, Israel, and Neil Asher Silberman. The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts. New York: Simon and Schuster, Touchstone, 2002.
  18. Frame, John M. Review of Enns’ Inspiration and Incarnation. Undated. http://www.frame-poythress.org/review-of-enns-inspiration-and-incarnation/ (accessed October 2012).
  19. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. The Westminster Confession of Faith. Atlanta, GA: Committee for christian Education and Publications, PCA Bookstore, 1990.
  20. Harris, Sam. Letter to a Christian Nation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
  21. Hawking, Stephen, and Leonard Mlodinow. The Grand Design. New York, NY: Random House, 2010.
  22. Hitchens, Christopher. God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. New York: Hachette Book Group, 2007.
  23. Josephus, Flavius. The Works of Josephus: New Updated Edition, Complete and Unabridged. Translated by William Whiston. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1987.
  24. Kaku, Michio. Parallel Worlds. USA: Anchor Books, 2005.
  25. Keller, Tim. “Creation, Evolution, and Christian Laypeople.” The Biologos Foundation. Undated. http://biologos.org/uploads/projects/Keller_white_paper.pdf (accessed October 2012).
  26. Ladd, George Eldon, Herman A. Hoyt, Loraine Boettner, and Anthony A. Hoekema. The Meaning of the Millennium, Four Views. Edited by Robert G. Clouse. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1977.
  27. Lennox, John C. Seven Days that Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science. Zondervan, 2011.
  28. Lewis, C.S. The Problem of Pain. New York, NY: HarperCollins eBooks, 1940.
  29. Mark, Joshua J. Enuma Elish – The Babylonian Epic. March 2, 2011. http://www.ancient.eu.com/article/225/ (accessed October 2012).
  30. Massey, Chris. “No Adam, No Eve, No Problem.” http://CognitiveDiscoPants/wordpress.com. June 2011. (accessed October 2012).
  31. Massey, Chris. “Review: Tim Keller on Adam and Eve – Part I and Part II.” http://CognitiveDiscoPants/wordpress.com. June 2011. (accessed October 2012).
  32. Massey, Chris. “The Bible’s Most Overlooked but Really, Really Important Guy.” http://CognitiveDiscoPants/wordpress.com. September 1, 2011. (accessed October 2012).
  33. McGrath, Alister E. Darwinism and the Divine: Evolutionary Thought and Natural Theology. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Blackwell Publishing, John Wiley and Sons, 2011.
  34. McGrath, Alister E. Historical Theology: An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1998.
  35. McGrath, Alister E. The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World. USA: Doubleday/Random House, 2004.
  36. McGrath, Alister E., et al. Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought. Malden, MA: Blackwell PUblishers Ltd, 1993.
  37. Meek, Esther Lightcap. Longing to Know: The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, Baker Book House Company, 2003.
  38. Meyer, Stephen C. Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2009.
  39. Noll, Mark A. The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. Grand Rapids, MI: Intervarsity Press, 1994.
  40. Olson, Steve, and Jay B. Labov. Thinking Evolutionarily: Evolution Education Across the Life Sciences, Summary of a Convocation. 2012: National Research Council of the National Academies, National Academy of Science, Washington, DC.
  41. Opderbeck, David. A “Historical” Adam? April 15, 2010. http://biologos.org/blog/a-historical-adam (accessed October 2012).
  42. Plantinga, Alvin. Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, & Naturalism. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2011.
  43. Price, Robert M., John Dominic Crossan, Luke Timothy Johnson, James D.G. Dunn, and Darrel L. Bock. The Historical Jesus: Five Views. Edited by James K. Beilby, & Paul R. Eddy. IVP Academic, 2009.
  44. Principe, Lawrence M. Lecture Series: Science and Religion. The Teaching Company, Limited Partnership. 2006.
  45. Sire, James W. The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog. Leicester, England: InterVarsity Press, 1997.
  46. Sproul, R.C. Knowing Scripture. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1977.
  47. Strobel, Lee. The Case for Christ. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1998.
  48. Thomas, Robert L, and Stanley N. Gundry. A Harmony of the Gospels, NASB. Harper Collins, 1978.
  49. Venema, Dennis, and Darrel Falk. Does Genetics Point to a Single Primal Couple? April 5, 2010. http://biologos.org/blog/does-genetics-point-to-a-single-primal-couple (accessed October 2012).
  50. Witherington, Ben. The Jesus Quest: the Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth. 2nd. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1997.
  51. Wolpe, David. Did the Exodus Really Happen? 2004. http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Judaism/2004/12/Did-The-Exodus-Really-Happen.aspx (accessed 2013).
  52. Wright, N.T. The New Testament and the People of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God, Volume 1. London: Fortress Press, 1992.
  53. Wright, N.T. The Resurrection of the Son of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God, Vol. 3. Minneapolis, MS: Fortress Press, 2003.
  54. Kitchen, K.A. On the Reliability of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2003
  55. James, Peter. Centuries of Darkness. New Brunswick, NJ. Rutgers University Press. 1993.
  56. Hamilton, Edith. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. New York, NY. Grand Central Publishing. 1942.
  57. Walton, John H. Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology. Winona Lake, IN. Eisenbrauns. 2011.
  58. Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Reason within the Bounds of Religion. 2nd Ed. Grand Rapids, MI. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1976/1984.
  59. Berlinski, David. The Deniable Darwin & Other Essays. Discovery Institute Press. 2010.
  60. Zacharias, Ravi. The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists. Zondervan. 2008.
  61. Ashton, John F., Ed. In Six Days: Why 50 Scientists Choose to Believe in Creation. Green Forest, AR. Master Books. 2001/2009.
  62. Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology. Nineola, NY. Dover Publications. 1794/1896/2004.
  63. Batchelor, Stephen. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. New York. Spiegel & Grau. 2010.
  64. Chesterton, G.K. The Everlasting Man. San Francisco. Ignatius Press. 1925/1953.

Multimedia References

YouTube and Video

Lectures

Interviews

Broadcasts

Debates

Podcasts

  • Peter Enns. Ancient World, God’s Word: A Look at the Old Testament and its Challenges. Lecture series at Brandywine Valley Baptist Church.
  • Interview with Bart Ehrman. Commonwealth Club Radio Program Podcast.
  • Debate: Craig Evans versus Bart Ehrman. Does the New Testament Misquote Jesus? DebateGod Podcast.
  • Interview with Peter Enns. The Evolution of Adam with Peter Enns. Homebrewed Christianity Podcast.
  • Interview with Bart Ehrman. Jesus’ Existence, Apocalypticism, and Holy Week. Homebrewed Christianity Podcast.
  • Interview with Peter Enns. The Evolution of Adam. The (Re)vangelical Podcast.
  • Interview with Robert Price. Will the Real Jesus Please Rise? Religion for Life Podcast.
  • Interview with John Dominic Crossan. Will the Real Jesus Please Rise? Religion for Life Podcast.
  • Interview with John Shelby Spong. Will the Real Jesus Please Rise? Religion for Life Podcast.
  • Interview with Bart Ehrman. Will the Real Jesus Please Rise? Religion for Life Podcast.

Websites (Selected)

Origins, Creation, & Flood

Old Testament & Archaeology

New Testament

Mythology

People

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Section 6 Published

April 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Section 6 is active.

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Section 5 Published

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Section 5 has been published.

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Section 4 Published

April 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Page 4 is now published.

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Bibliography and Citations Added

April 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment

I’ve added the first half of the bibliography, placed further quotations in Section 1, and added citations to Sections 1-3.

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New Material Posted

April 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Several new pages are now unlocked for reading. Apologies – references/citations pending shortly.

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It is widely kn…

April 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment

It is widely known that the book of Exodus and the conquest narratives in Joshua and Judges do not give us a journalistic recounting of freed slaves and the beginnings of an independent nation.

Peter Enns, The Evolution of Adam (Ch. 4)

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Three years ago…

April 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Three years ago on Passover, I explained to my congregation that according to archeologists, there was no reliable evidence that the Exodus took place–and that it almost certainly did not take place the way the Bible recounts it. Finally, I emphasized: It didn’t matter.

~ Rabbi David Wolpe
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Judaism/2004/12/Did-The-Exodus-Really-Happen.aspx

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