Nativity Cave and Gentile Myths

Was Jesus really born in a cave?  And was that a cave a reference to existing pagan myths about the birth of god-men or other images?  If you are interested in the supposed pagan connections to Jesus, you may appreciate Craig Keener’s article in the Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism called The Nativity Cave and Gentile Myths.

Craig Keener on the Existence of Jesus

People doubting the existence of Jesus is persistent theory that just does not seem to want to go away.  Is there any evidence for the existence of Jesus?  New Testament scholar Craig Keener wrote a piece on this topic for the Huffington Post.  You can find the article here.  If you are interested in more of what Craig Keener has to say about the historical Jesus, click on the following book.

Craig Keener on Jesus’ Existence

Reliability of the Gospels

Here are a couple of audio resources dealing with the reliability of the Gospels.  The first is a lecture by Craig Keener on the reliability of the Gospels that you can find here.  The second is a debate between Craig Evans and Bart Ehrman on the reliability of the Gospels that you can find here.

Historical Jesus Reviews

The latest Review of Biblical Literature has a couple of reviews that people might be interested in.  Robert Gundry reviews Craig Blomberg’s Historical Reliability of the Gospels here.  Craig Blomberg reviews Craig Keener’s The Historical Jesus of the Gospels here.