Intelligent Christianity, Part 3/7: Josephus and the Talmud

I was invited to be interviewed on the Podcast, Intelligent Christianity. This is the audio from that podcast.

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• jesus
• god
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[satinhooks]

intelligent christianity?

really?... really?

[drjackflash]

Choosing to ignore evidence on the sheer basis of skepticism does not constitute that the evidence is false.

[hebrewmatrix]

The word Christian Derive from the word Christos and its a Greek word--To call your self a Christian is to say your Nationality is Greek and you as a Greek person beleive in a Savior......Why everyone perfer to call themself a Christian if there are not even Greek by nationality and race...it makes no sense

[Yazzarh]

My gosh, the other dude could've just quoted the Antiquites (book 20) at you and shut you up within 30 seconds, instead of drawing it out for nearly 10 minutes...

[silverfox2358]

you didn't mention jesus barabbus or the Islamic version of jesus

[ElasticGiraffe]

I haven't read The Jesus Mysteries, as I think you called it. But a very popular spokesman for the pro-historicity position is the agnostic-turned-Christian apologist, Josh McDowell. If you want a work to balance out the book you recommended, I would recommend McDowell's Evidence That Demands a Verdict. It is an exhaustive work on the subject if I remember correctly. It's been awhile since I picked it up. :)

[ElasticGiraffe]

is killed by hanging on a tree. Third, Yeshua or Yehoshua is the Hebrew equivalent of Iesous (in the New Testament Greek), Joshua, and Jesus. Its meaning is "The LORD is salvation." They aren't different names. Another example is the Hebrew name Yaaqob, roughly translated "heel grabber" (from the account of his twin birth in Genesis), can be rendered either Jacob or James. Same name, though. I'd have to take a close look at the disciples part, but I don't find it to be a very strong objection.

[ElasticGiraffe]

This guy doesn't know his sources very well. I would like to point out a couple of things, though.

Jesus was indeed a Nazar-ene, someone from Nazareth. He was not, however, a Nazar-ite, a person who had taken the Nazarite vow detailed in Numbers 6. I think you might have confused the two. Second, crucifixion was considered a form of hanging. The cause of death was asphyxiation. Paul makes this clear when he quotes Deuteronomy 21.23 in Galatians 3.13 about the cursedness of the man who...

[rebryant66]

Well theres a Lake and at the bottom are all our friends, they can't swim cause they're dead.

Those lyrics remind me of how this interview is going.

Band: Brand New

Song: At The Bottom

Album: Daisy

[dooom560]

God died....