Goodacre: Summary of his Keynote Address

05/09/2026 – Last month Mark Goodacre gave the keynote lecture at a conference called “Reassessing the Emergence of the Gospels: Genre, Media, Reception.” He described the current state of gospels research, and he mentions a ton of important books that have redefined the field over the last few decades. Below is a summary by Michael […]

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Paul Cites Only Two Teachings of Jesus

The claim that Paul explicitly cites only two teachings of Jesus (as direct dominical commands) is a common observation in critical scholarship. The two passages typically identified are: 1) Preachers should receive material support Paul explicitly attributes this teaching to “the Lord”: This is widely understood to reflect a saying of Jesus preserved in the […]

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Links to Ronald S. Hendel at BAS ***

Noah and the Genesis Flood – That page contains summaries of the four articles below. PDFs of the articles are in the Christianity/BAS directory in Dropbox. The following was extracted from here on 4/6/2026. Ronald S. Hendel is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He approaches the Hebrew Bible […]

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