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Lucian on “How to Write History”

Lest some continue to be (unintentionally) misled about what Lucian of Samosata taught about writing history, let’s look at two passages of his. As many of you know, Lydia McGrew is a vocal critic of the view, generally speaking, that the Gospel authors had certain liberties in their writings. Although she herself allows for certain

Interrupting Jesus: Evans on the ‘I am’ Discourses

This will be my last post for awhile on the Gospels, Lydia McGrew’s claims, and Lydia McGrew’s claims about what others have meant when they’ve talked about the Gospels. It has become quite a complex discussion that some people have been following for several months. At the beginning of this small series I noted my

What is a Gospel Discourse?

Having written this post almost two months ago, I placed it on the back burner while I’ve been busy with numerous other projects in my life. With Lydia McGrew’s recent post against the supposed monologuing Jesus, I decided to publish it now with some updated material. In the McGrew-Evans debate there was some discussion over

On Selective Tone and Labels

Colossians 4:6, “Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.” In my series on understanding the Gospels I have been analyzing the writings of Lydia McGrew, an analytic philosopher with a PhD in English Literature. McGrew has now published a blog post