This is the last post in a series about the Historical Jesus. The basic idea is to suggest a way forward. How do historians today deal with sources about Jesus? For the last several decades scholars have applied something Read more
In the Quest for the Historical Jesus: Introduction
A few years ago Steven Skiena and Charles B. Ward developed an algorithmic method of ranking historical figures, just as Google ranks web pages. They defined the “historical significance” as “the result of social and cultural forces acting on Read more