Breaking Dawn: Christianity's First 25 Years
An exploration of the ‘hidden’ first 25 years of the Christian era, examining the impact of Christ upon the ancient world.
Does Astronomy Reveal Joshua’s Long Day?
A popular story gives a salutary warning of the need to check our sources carefully and be careful in the arguments we use.
Jesus, Interrupted – a review
Readers of EN may remember a previous article where I reviewed several books by Bart Ehrman. I observed that Ehrman had previously been a…
The Christ Conspiracy
Acharya S is a skeptic with an interest in mythology who has written a book entitled The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold.…
Historical Jesus vs Historical Muhammad
How does the historical Jesus compare with the Jesus we find in the Qur'an and with the historical Muhammad?
The Qur’an vs the Bible
For the first time, Western Orientalists (primarily in Europe) are applying an external historical / critical analysis of the Qur’an,…
Recent Perspectives on the Reliability of the Gospels
The usual attempts to defend the historical reliability of the New Testament are often fairly general in nature. These arguments are…
How could fallible men produce an infallible Bible?
One of the most frequent arguments leveled against the infallibility of the Bible is based upon the fact that the Bible was written by…
Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus – an analysis
Bart D. Ehrman is a world expert in the textual criticism of the New Testament who has recently written a best-selling book entitled…