![]() That is, Eichenwald is not methodoligically a liberal because he only considers certain, worn-out conclusions without even giving a hint that many well-qualified biblical scholars disagree with those conclusions. Conservative? Yes-methodologically so, although not materially so. It’s not the questions that I’m concerned about in Eichenwald’s essay rather, it’s the rather conservative and self-contradictory approach to the answers that are problematic. And Jesus is at the center of those claims and that risk. ![]() It’s the only major sacred text that puts itself at risk. Indeed, the Bible is the only major sacred text that subjects itself to historical verification. ![]() And it’s fair game because the Bible places these claims in history. It’s fair game precisely because the Bible makes audacious claims that, if true, change everything. But first, I wish to offer it some praise: It’s fair game to raise questions about the Bible’s accuracy concerning sin, salvation, miracles, Jesus, etc. Just a few comments will have to suffice. Consequently, I don’t have space to critique everything that is wrong in this article. My PDF of this article runs 34 pages (!) before the hundreds of comments that are appended. Eichenwald makes so many outrageous claims, based on a rather slender list of named scholars (three, to be exact), that one has to wonder how this ever passed any editorial review. The day before Christmas eve (23 December 2014), Newsweek published a lengthy article by Kurt Eichenwald entitled, “ The Bible: So Misunderstood It’s a Sin.” Although the author claims that he is not promoting any particular theology, this wears thin. Every year, at Christmas and Easter, several major magazines, television programs, news agencies, and publishing houses love to rattle the faith of Christians by proclaiming loudly and obnoxiously that there are contradictions in the Bible, that Jesus was not conceived by a virgin, that he did not rise from the dead, ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
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