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The argument I outline in this video is a powerful reason to reject Christianity
1. Peter Enns (2014), The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable To Read It, Harper One, p. 58 (Kindle). Enns writes: “Biblical Archaeologists are about as certain as you can be…that the conquest of Canaan as the Bible describes it did not happen.” See also Book of Exodus, Session 5: The Crossing of the Sea Exodus 14–15, Yale University, p. 8. From the session: “Very little can be said about the exodus as history”, and the story is “full of legendary details and lacks supporting evidence from archaeology or from nonbiblical sources”
https://divinity.yale.edu/sites/default/files/exodus-5-the-crossing-of-the-sea_0.pdf
2. Luke Timothy Johnson (2010), The New Testament: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, p. 8 (Kindle). Johnson writes: “The four gospels are notoriously difficult to use as sources for reconstructing the historical Jesus. Their faith perspective, their literary interdependence, and the major and minor disagreements among them make a satisfying account of the events of Jesus’ life impossible…the Gospels are severely limited as historical sources”
Ibid, p. 63. Johnson also writes: “Paul is, remarkably, both the earliest self-designated Pharisee and the only first-hand witness to Jesus’ resurrection (1 Cor 9:1).”
3. See "Jesus Loves Canaanites" by Randal Rauser, and "Did The Old Testament Endorse Slavery" by Joshua Bowen
4. See Dr. Josh Bowen’s video "Tired of Hearing About Tyre: The Failed Prophecy of Ezekiel 26".
youtu.be/epsmQOMp2XY
5. Peter Enns (2015), Inspiration And Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament (2nd Ed), Baker Academic, p. 103-156 (Kindle). Enns summarizes: “The New Testament authors were not engaging the Old Testament in an effort to remain consistent with the original context and intention of the Old Testament author.”.
6. Michael D. Coogan (2008), The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, Location 1800 (Kindle). Because of this diversity, Coogan writes: “…any argument based solely on what the Bible says as though it speaks with only one voice, is fundamentally flawed.” See also: Bart Ehrman (2014), How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee, Harper One, p. 271. Speaking of one example of the diversity in the New Testament, Ehrman writes: “…one of the most striking features of John’s Gospel is its elevated claims about Jesus”
The argument I outline in this video is a powerful reason to reject Christianity
1. Peter Enns (2014), The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable To Read It, Harper One, p. 58 (Kindle). Enns writes: “Biblical Archaeologists are about as certain as you can be…that the conquest of Canaan as the Bible describes it did not happen.” See also Book of Exodus, Session 5: The Crossing of the Sea Exodus 14–15, Yale University, p. 8. From the session: “Very little can be said about the exodus as history”, and the story is “full of legendary details and lacks supporting evidence from archaeology or from nonbiblical sources”
https://divinity.yale.edu/sites/default/files/exodus-5-the-crossing-of-the-sea_0.pdf
2. Luke Timothy Johnson (2010), The New Testament: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, p. 8 (Kindle). Johnson writes: “The four gospels are notoriously difficult to use as sources for reconstructing the historical Jesus. Their faith perspective, their literary interdependence, and the major and minor disagreements among them make a satisfying account of the events of Jesus’ life impossible…the Gospels are severely limited as historical sources”
Ibid, p. 63. Johnson also writes: “Paul is, remarkably, both the earliest self-designated Pharisee and the only first-hand witness to Jesus’ resurrection (1 Cor 9:1).”
3. See "Jesus Loves Canaanites" by Randal Rauser, and "Did The Old Testament Endorse Slavery" by Joshua Bowen
4. See Dr. Josh Bowen’s video "Tired of Hearing About Tyre: The Failed Prophecy of Ezekiel 26".
youtu.be/epsmQOMp2XY
5. Peter Enns (2015), Inspiration And Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament (2nd Ed), Baker Academic, p. 103-156 (Kindle). Enns summarizes: “The New Testament authors were not engaging the Old Testament in an effort to remain consistent with the original context and intention of the Old Testament author.”.
6. Michael D. Coogan (2008), The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, Location 1800 (Kindle). Because of this diversity, Coogan writes: “…any argument based solely on what the Bible says as though it speaks with only one voice, is fundamentally flawed.” See also: Bart Ehrman (2014), How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee, Harper One, p. 271. Speaking of one example of the diversity in the New Testament, Ehrman writes: “…one of the most striking features of John’s Gospel is its elevated claims about Jesus”
