Have you heard of historiography? Your historiography is the method you employ in doing history. This is especially relevant when the scholars who make the rules for doing history decide to exclude any supernatural events from their historiography. Today, my guest, Aaron Shelenberger, continues his rebuttal to Ehrman’s three main objections to the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus. We discuss Ehrman’s contentions that supernatural events are inaccessible to historians and the prevalence of methodological naturalism. Also, Shelenberger briefly reviews the recent debate between Mike Licona and Bart Ehrman.
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- For Shelenberger’s thesis, see part 1: 444 Resurrection Objection 1: Unreliable Gospels?
- See also part 2: 445 Resurrection Objection 2: Improbable Miracles?
- Follow Aaron Shelenberger on his YouTube channel: Life and Beyond and on his blog: Abandoning the Trinity
- See Mike Licona’s Why Are There Differences Between the Gospels?
- Check out Shelenberger’s interview on the Trinities podcast (part 2 here)
- Other episodes referenced include 390 God Is Real (Why Christianity 3), 53 Does God Exist?, 54 Four More Reasons God Exists
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Thank you, Aaron and Sean, for this series. I loved the thoughtful discussions.
Note: Something happened with the audio in episode 3 around the 20:00 mark in the podcast version. In a few spots, Aaron and Sean are talking over each other, which makes them sound like they’re arguing — which they aren’t. I listened to the rest of the episode on YouTube. (So thanks for making it available there, too!)
Paul, thanks for the heads up. I’ve corrected the problem at the file should be good to go now in your podcast app.