Mobile Ed: NT313 Jesus and the Witness of the Outsiders (1 hour course - audio)
Overview
In this course, Dr. Craig Evans explores various ancient sources that refer to Christ. He focuses on the evidence from extrabiblical sources, and looks at what they reveal about the life of Christ and how Jesus was perceived by early non-Christian witnesses. He examines references to Jesus in Roman, Jewish, and other writings, and looks at where Jesus’ name was invoked in both Christian and pagan charms and incantations.
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Course Outline
Introduction
- Introducing the Speaker and the Course
Unit 1: The Witness of Roman Writers
- Tacitus and Suetonius
- Pliny the Younger
- Celsus and Lucian
- Using Clippings to Document Ancient Non-Christian Witnesses to Christ
- Mara bar Serapion
Unit 2: The Witness of Jewish Writers
- Josephus’ Jewish Antiquities
- Using Timelines in Logos to Find Events in Jesus’ Life
- Translations of Josephus and Rabbinic Literature
- The Qur’an and Other Writings
- Building and Searching a Collection of Ancient Non-Christian Witnesses to Christ
Unit 3: Invocations of the Name of Jesus
- The Greek Magical Papyrus
- Silver Phylactery from Beirut
- Magic Bowls
- Curse Tablets and Lamellae
- The “Jesus Cup”
Conclusion
- Relevance of These Witnesses
Product Details
- Title: NT313 Jesus and the Witness of the Outsiders (audio)
- Instructor: Craig A. Evans
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2015
- Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
- Resource Type: audio
- Length: 1 hour
Partially included
Craig A. Evans earned his PhD in biblical studies at Claremont Graduate University and received his decretum habilitationis from Budapest. He is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament; Acadia Divinity College Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada; John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins (Houston Theological Seminary); a New Testament scholar; and a prolific author and popular teacher/speaker.
Evans is well-known for his work on the Gospels, the Historical Jesus, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the archaeology of the New Testament. His passion for archaeology has him frequently participating in Middle East digs and leading Holy Land tours. He has regularly appeared in television and radio interviews, such as the History Channel, BBC, and Dateline NBC, served as a consultant on the National Geographic Society's Gospel of Judas project and for The Bible television miniseries, and is featured in documentaries like Fragments of Truth and the Archaeology and Jesus series.
He's written hundreds of articles and reviews and published more than 70 books, including Jesus and His Contemporaries, Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies, Mark in the Word Biblical Commentary, Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels, God Speaks, and Jesus and the Remains of His Days: Studies in Jesus and Archaeology. He coauthored Jesus, the Final Days with N. T. Wright.
Reviews
1 rating
Shane Lems
5/12/2021
Just finished this course and I have to say I enjoyed it. Keep in mind that it is just an introductory level course that shows a few examples of where and how Jesus is referenced in extra-biblical non-Christian literature. The lectures were brief but to the point, and I also appreciated a few mentions of "for further studies" resources.
