Toto

Earl Doherty will be speaking to an Atheists United dinner on Saturday, Sept 11, 2004, at Taix Restaurant in Echo Park. The subject will [not necessarily] be the Jesus Puzzle. I will post more information when I know more.

Roland

Wow, I work only a few miles from that restaurant!

In fact, I've been to a number of banquets and retirement parties there. Will it be open to the general public, Toto?

Ted Hoffman

Small correction. His talk will not be about The Jesus Puzzle.
The focus of the talk will be "on the rationality of atheism". Some material related to the Jesus Puzzle may be included however. He emailed me.

Toto

I just got these details:

Doherty will be the featured speaker at the Atheists United Awards Banquet, Sept 11.

At Les Freres Taix French Restaurant (which is actually Basque), 1911 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.

No host bar open at 6 pm, dinner at 7

Members and guests $25 in advance (received by Sept 7) or $30 at the door
Nonmembers $30 in advance or $35 at the door

Mail checks to Atheists United, 4773 Hollywood Bouldvard, LA 90027 with choice of entree: Roast Chicken, Trout Almondine, or Pasta Monaigasque (vegetarian)

I will see if he is booked for any other events while he is in the area.

Vorkosigan

Damn, Jacob, you and Earl corresponding, must be like Darwin replying to a letter from Huxley!

Is anyone going? Will it be taped?

Vorkosigan

yumatom

Hi–new user here. I’ll be headed to the Taix if possible. It will be a thrill to see Earl Doherty.

Ted Hoffman

First post and you will 'be thrilled' to see Doherty?!!! Don't say that! You are really pissing off some people here.

I hope someone will send the Photos.

An update of scholars that take Doherty seriously:

1. Darrell Doughty, Professor of New Testament, who holds a M.Div. from San Francisco Theological Seminary (1962), D.Theol. in New Testament from the University of Göttingen, Germany (1965), taught in Drew University's Theological and Graduate Schools from 1969 to 2003.

'His teaching and research in the field of New Testament and Early Christianity focusses on Christian origins, the Pauline writings, the history of Pauline Christianity, second century Christianity, the rise of normative Christianity, Higher Criticism and the New Testament, and the history of research in these areas. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and a participant in the Paul Seminar of the Westar Institute . He was director of the Institute for Higher Critical Studies at Drew University and associate editor of the Journal of Higher criticism."

His comments on The Jesus Puzzle

"A remarkable book it is. Extremely well written and very persuasive. Congratulations! It will be required reading for students in my seminar on Jesus next semester."

2. Robert M. Price, Professor of New Testament

Doctor of Philosophy, New Testament; Drew University, Madison NJ; May 1993, Master of Philosophy, New Testament; Drew University, Madison NJ; October 1992, Doctor of Philosophy, Systematic Theology; Drew University, Madison NJ; May, 1981, Master of Theological Studies, New Testament; Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton MA; May 1978, Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy and Religion; History; Montclair State College, Upper Montclair NJ; May 1976

With over fourty publications under his belt, Price was the first scholar to endorse Doherty's book and his comments appear in the blurb of the book.

3. Rod Blackhirst Professor of Biblical Studies, La Trobe University Bendigo Australia

Publications
Australia The Biblical World
Medieval Studies
Traditional Cosmologies
Islam and the West
Dead Sea Scrolls.

His comments on The Jesus Puzzle

"Well done. This is a great personal achievement on your part, and I think your work will make a substantial impression on New Testament scholarship. Once again, as an academic I am struck by the fact that you do not hold an academic position, yet your work is of a much higher calibre than much that comes out of academic circles these days. Your work is proof that important work is being done beyond the narrow confines of official academic discourse. Thank you for your efforts. A sunburst over the lingering gloom of the quest for the historical Jesus!"


Laymen

Cliff Carrington, New Testament scholar, Bendigo, Australia:

"Your recent book, The Jesus Puzzle, has cleared the ground for a new understanding of the foundations of the Christian movement. Now we can proceed to the re-construction of a more reasonable structure. I consider your book to be so useful that I have purchased two copies for our Library - one for myself and the other for lending."
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/3678/

Hundreds of Laymen

http://pages.ca.inter.net/~oblio/rfjprev.htm

The link, of course excludes me, Jay Raskin, Quentin and millions of other laymen, some of whom frequent these forums.

I would say you are in good company. Welcome aboard

Ted Hoffman

Huh, huh. You know, seeing that we have budding HJ scholars lurking this forum, during my weak moments, I sometimes entertain the thought of dropping my MBA, learning Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, doing history (combining archaeology, sociology and ancient languages somewhere in there) and targeting the right NT Degrees, and being the next big myther 10 years from now.

But the thought is very fleeting and often vanishes as suddenly as it appears in my mind.

I think this is just gonna remain my pastime.

gregor

So JA is Doherty's (bi)bulldog?
- sorry -

yumatom

Thank you, JA. When I stumbled onto Doherty's website years ago, I about fell off my chair. I had not been aware of credible scholarship positing the non-existence of Jesus. Beyond amazing. Look at the edifices built in the name of someone who never existed.

I’m hearing about a mythical Jesus theme movie in pre-production titled “The Beast.� Assuming it is completed and released, I wonder if reviewers will comment on the idea of non-historicity. In mainstream publications that is verboten.