tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post6987824198939349039..comments2024-03-12T11:58:24.510+13:00Comments on Otagosh: Human Bible XIIGavin Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965552923012880262noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-28067947610775605532012-08-15T16:46:00.869+12:002012-08-15T16:46:00.869+12:00McGrath: "Is it just me, or does it seem to y...McGrath: "Is it just me, or does it seem to you that Price sometimes forgets that he is a mythicist?"<br /><br />It seems to me, Price isn't an ardent "mythicist" so much as a scholar who says no good historical evidence about Jesus survives to prove anything one way or another. Dr. McGrath seems to think that historicist/mythicist beliefs are dogmatic positions one must defend at all costs against alternative arguments and explanations.<br /><br />Dr. Price is happy to discuss various aspects of the New Testament and Christian theology from the supposition that Jesus did exist, and he has often discussed which description of Jesus is the most likely if he did indeed exist. This ability to entertain notions you don't personally hold to seems to be conspicuously absent among many scholars today.Paul D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483419817200339955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-53530664298351166172012-08-14T02:05:26.530+12:002012-08-14T02:05:26.530+12:00A measured, meticulous lecture by Mr Price on the ...A measured, meticulous lecture by Mr Price on the evolutionary <br />apotheosis from carpenter to divinity within a few centuries.<br /><br />So why would a mythicist bother with this? And why do modern<br />students/colleges invest millions teaching about stories of<br />'ancient eastern-Mediterranean hippy magician'?<br />It's because our psyches need him like Indians still need Krishna. Minimalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394978086891772878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-4212733742116931242012-08-13T06:47:23.249+12:002012-08-13T06:47:23.249+12:00Is it just me, or does it seem to you that Price s...Is it just me, or does it seem to you that Price sometimes forgets that he is a mythicist? Like in the quote you offered, when he says "Finally, what did Jesus himself have to say about being the messiah? Did he ever actually make that claim?" I've noticed this in his books, too, as though sometimes the effort of trying to force the evidence into a mythicist framework is just so taxing that he can't keep it up...James F. McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561146722461747647noreply@blogger.com