Historians and Miracles: James D G Dunn and A J M Wedderburn | Risen Jesus Podcast S4E7

In this episode of the Risen Jesus Podcast, Dr. Licona and Kurt discuss the contentions of New Testament scholars James DG Dunn and AJM Wedderburn that historians cannot investigate miracle claims. Dr. Licona discusses why he thinks Dunn and Wedderburn are mistaken.

Mike Licona is associate professor of theology at Houston Baptist University. HBU offers a fully accredited Master of Arts degree in apologetics that may be completed entirely online or on the HBU campus in Houston. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2Wlej6Z.

[0:00] Intro
[2:55] Wedderburn: Excerpt on his Position
[5:29] Dunn: We Cannot Know what Actually Happened
[10:51] How Dunn is Different from Meier
[11:37] New Testament Scholars and Historical Method
[15:00] How First Order Facts Impact Other Facts
[17:20] Going Further that First Order Facts
[20:13] Viewer Question: Why didn’t the resurrected Jesus appear to Pilate or the High Priest?
[22:58] Viewer Question: Thoughts on Bart Ehrman’s recent “revelatory moment” blog post?
[29:29] Outro

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