Daily Archives: February 29, 2012

Buckley on Racism and the American Dream

Posted on February 29, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

For this final day of Black History Month 2012, I’ll post links to some YouTube videos that I was watching a couple of days ago.  Essentially, they’re William F. Buckley, Jr.’s contribution to his 1965 debate with James Baldwin about … Continue reading →

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John Meier on Evaluating the Gospels for What’s Historical

Posted on February 29, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

In my write-up today on volume 1 of John Meier’s A Marginal Jew, I will talk about Meier’s analysis of scholarly criteria for determining what in the Gospels is historical. 1.  Meier discusses what he calls “PRIMARY CRITERIA”. a.  Criterion … Continue reading →

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