Kairyu writes:
Still, I can see why Jon is troubled bit by it, exact correct wording is important as a scholar...
I'm not so sure Doherty can be considered a scholar, except in the loosest sense. The
Wikipedia article on Earl Doherty says this about his education. This is the entire section:
Wikipedia writes:
Doherty has a working knowledge of Greek and Latin, which he has supplemented with the basics of Hebrew and Syriac.
And about his scholarship Wikipedia says:
Wikipedia writes:
R. Joseph Hoffmann considers that there are "reasons for scholars to hold" the view that Jesus never existed, but considers Doherty "A 'disciple' of Wells" who "has rehashed many of the former’s views in
The Jesus Puzzle (Age of Reason Publications, 2005) which is qualitatively and academically far inferior to anything so far written on the subject".
To refer to Jesus as the Son of God and then launch into a discussion of Mark seems an unlikely mistake for a true Biblical scholar.
--Percy
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