This post will cover various topics. Some will be broad, some will be more specific. As the title of this post suggests, I'll be linking to some material in contemporary scholarship that I think is important for the apologist to have in their arsenal.
- Recent commentaries on Isaiah 53 agree that the servant in question is a single person. Of course, not all commentators will agree that it is Jesus, but how many candidates fulfill the passage in such a way as Jesus does?
- The argument that Paul didn't know of or believe in an empty tomb is now untenable thanks to the work of James P. Ware and John Granger Cook. See also my quote and additional commentary from Dale Allison's recent book on the resurrection.
- The burial of Jesus has been convincingly argued for by scholars such as Byron McCane, Craig Evans, Jodi Magness and John Granger Cook.
- The debate about Christology, of course, rages on, but here are some papers that are rarely discussed, at least in online circles. Jason Combs on Mark 6:49-50, Brian McPhee's paper on Jesus walking on the water, and Thomas Keiser's paper on the divine plural in the Old Testament.
If I linked a paper that you can't access, send me an email - which is available on my blogger profile.
I will probably continue to update this post over time!
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