Bad habits of New Testament Scholars: Over-complexity @LydiaMcGrewChannel
Bad habits of New Testament Scholars: Over-complexity @LydiaMcGrewChannel
Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
I got this book of essays by eminent Gospels scholar Harold Attridge on interlibrary loan and then couldn't remember why. So I decided to make a video about part of it--Attridge's insanely complex theory about layers of source elaboration in John 7.

If you ever wondered why I list "preference for complex over simple theories" as a bad habit of New Testament scholars, this essay is a case in point.
Bad habits of New Testament Scholars: Over-complexityName statistics argument 14: JosephusDoes Acts Support the Trilemma 1Arguments From Silence And Bad AnalogiesAlleged Seams in the Gospel of John 1Alleged Seams in John Part 7: No one is asking where Jesus is going?Authorship of John Part 1: IntroductionUnstated Gospel symbolism: Its too easy!Virgin Birth and Resurrection: No epistemological mysteryUndesigned Coincidences: To his servantsAre apologetic sections in the resurrection stories suspicious?Undesigned Coincidences in Secular History: Wheres Paoli?
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Bad habits of New Testament Scholars: Over-complexity

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