Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago

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I'm continuing to show how misunderstandings and misapplications of ancient non-biblical literature carry over to misinterpretations of passages in the Gospels.

Here I show how Dr. Licona strangely misapplies a case where the satirist Lucian is *blatantly lying* (and even bragging about how he misled some credulous people by his tall tale) as if it helps to support a mini-genre of non-historical, apocalyptic "special effects" at someone's death. Say what?

Here is my post on Licona's argument concerning the rising saints passage in Matthew.

whatswrongwiththeworld.net/2019/02/on_that_infamous_saints_rising.html

The pages on which Dr. Licona lists Lucian's deception as if it is a data point that helps to support a device of apocalyptic language surrounding a death are 548-549 in The Resurrection of Jesus.

Get The Mirror or the Mask if you're interested in more detail about how the literary device theorists misunderstand ancient literature and history:

amazon.com/Mirror-Mask-Liberating-Gospels-Literary/dp/1947929070/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=mirror+or+the+mask&qid=1600272214&sr=8-1