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A while back, I decided to dive into Lee Strobel’s “The Case for Christ.” Currently, that book is sitting on a shelf above my computer along with a notebook. The book is filled with hundreds of little tabs, which are associated with a note in that notebook. Each note detailsRead More →

Britt and Wingo finish off their chapter on their results by discussing a few extra findings that came across. The first had to deal with the concept of a proto-Mark. The idea that there is a proto-Mark is a fringe idea. It’s one that has largely died out. Britt andRead More →

In my first reading of “Christ Before Jesus,” I initially ignored Britt’s and Wingo’s summary. Initially, I contemplated doing so here as well, because honestly, after getting to this point, having gone over the text thoroughly, it was just a lot and I wanted to be done with it. ButRead More →

The final work that “Christ Before Jesus” looks at is the Epistle of James. As with previous texts, Britt and Wingo again claim that it’s a second-century work, yet they don’t have evidence for that. As we’ve already seen, their stylometry evidence holds no actual water. Before we even getRead More →

Mark 13 is sometimes known as the “Little Apocalypse.” It’s the chapter in Mark, as well as paralleled in Matthew 24 and Luke 21, that speaks about the destruction of the temple. Because of that, it has become an anchor point when looking at a possible dating for the GospelRead More →

Britt’s and Wingo’s finale is lackluster. After having built their arguments on extremely faulty ground, they begin their finale by saying that “this section will contain some of our most revealing finds and help us date a number of early Christian text.” They won’t fulfill those claims. They begin offRead More →

Based on everything we’ve discussed this far in regards to “Christ Before Jesus,” it is probably no surprise that Britt and Wingo once again make the claim that the book of Revelation is a compilation, that it’s written by multiple authors. What may be surprising is their claim that RevelationRead More →

One thing Britt and Wingo have managed to do consistently is show that they don’t know much about stylometry. Whether that is in regard to what constitutes proper methodology, or even how to read the dendrogram correctly. I realize that is blunt, but it’s what has been seen time andRead More →

At this point, it’s been demonstrated thoroughly that the stylometric analysis within “Christ Before Jesus” is rather worthless. Not only is it based on flawed methodology, and virtually impossible to replicate (in fact, even running Stylo with their settings, and with the texts they suggest, their results could not beRead More →