There are not "many" serious scholars who deny the historicity of Jesus Christ. And your example is hardly a "serious scholar":
Professor of Theology and Scriptural Studies at Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary, an unaccredited school in Carol City, Florida governed by a New Thought organisation known as the Universal Foundation for Better Living. .... Price edits the Journal of Higher Criticism, ...
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The magazine continues to be supported by the Atheist Alliance.
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The New Thought Movement or New Thought is a Spiritual movement which developed in the United States during the late 19th century and emphasizes metaphysical beliefs. It is comprised of a loosely allied group of religious denominations, secular membership organizations, authors, philosophers, and individuals who share a set of metaphysical beliefs concerning the effects of positive thinking, the law of attraction, healing, life force, creative visualization and personal power.[1] It promotes the ideas that God is ubiquitous, spirit is the totality of real things, true human selfhood is divine, divine thought is a force for good, all sickness originates in the mind, and 'right thinking' has a healing effect.
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The three major, but distinct, religious denominations within the American New Thought movement are Unity Church, Religious Science, and the Church of Divine Science.
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Compare your example of a "serious scholar" with mine:
... educated at the University of Aberdeen, Cambridge University and the University of Vienna. After teaching Greek for several years first at the University of Edinburgh and then at the University of Leeds he became head of the Department of Biblical History and Literature at the University of Sheffield in 1947. In 1959 he moved to the University of Manchester where he became professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis. In his career he wrote some thirty-three books and served as editor of The Evangelical Quarterly and the Palestine Exploration Quarterly.
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Another example of my idea of a "serious scholar":
Richard Bauckham (born September 22, 1946) has published widely in theology, historical theology and New Testament. He is currently working on New Testament Christology and the Gospel of John.
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M.A., Ph.D. Cambridge; F.B.A.; Professor of New Testament Studies and Bishop Wardlaw Professor, University of St Andrews
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"Richard Bauckham studied at the University of Cambridge, where he read history at Clare College (1966-72) and was a Fellow of St. John's College (1972-75). He taught theology for one year at the University of Leeds, and for 15 years at the University of Manchester (1977-1992), where he was lecturer, then reader in the History of Christian Thought, before moving to St. Andrews in 1992. He is currently a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a member of the Doctrine Commission of the Church of England." [2]
[edit] Selected publications
The Gospel of John and Christian Theology, ed. with Carl Mosser (Eerdmans, 2007)
The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple: Narrative, History, and Theology in the Gospel of John (Baker Academic, 2007)
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospel As Eyewitness Testimony (Eerdmans, 2006)
Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in a Postmodern World (Baker Academic, 2004)
God and the Crisis of Freedom: Biblical and Contemporary Perspectives (Westminster John Knox, 2002)
God Will Be All in All: The Eschatology of Jürgen Moltmann (Fortress, 2001)
The Climax of Prophecy: Studies on the Book of Revelation (T&T Clark, 1999)
God Crucified: Monotheism and Christology in the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1999)
The Gospels for All Christians: Rethinking the Gospel Audiences (Eerdmans, 1997)
The Theology of Jürgen Moltmann (T&T Clark, 1995)
The Book of Acts in Its Palestinian Setting (Eerdmans, 1995)
The Theology of the Book of Revelation (Cambridge, 1993)
2 Peter, Jude. Word Biblical Commentary (Thomas Nelson, 1983)
For a full list, go here
http://www.theopedia.com/Richard_Bauckham
yet another example of my idea of a "serious scholar":
Ph.D. in the Study of Religion. Harvard University, 1992.
Area: New Testament and Christian Origins
M. A. in the Study of Religion Harvard University, 1984.
A. B. magna cum laude in Philosophy Harvard University, 1979.
Phi Beta Kappa; Danforth Fellowship
Books:
Can We Trust the Gospels? Investigating the Reliability of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Crossway, 2007
No Holds Barred: Wrestling with God in Prayer. WaterBrook, 2005
Dare to Be True: Living in the Freedom of Complete Honesty. WaterBrook, 2003.
Jesus Revealed: Know Him Better to Love Him Better. WaterBrook, 2002.
After "I Believe": Experiencing Authentic Christian Living. Baker, 2002.
Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther in the Communicator's Commentary Series. Word, 1993.
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Stack these guys up against your scribbler from the unaccredited Johnnie Coleman Theological Seminary of Carol City, Florida. |
