Biblical scholar, assoc prof of religion @NewCollegeofFL, fellow at @CenPasTheo and @AIandFaith, author/editor of fifteen books and more than fifty articles.
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ALT Book Review What John Knows: Storytelling in the Fourth Gospel Douglas Estes, editor Having these offerings pitched for students and sophisticated lay readers in a single format is a boon for both teachers and students of the Fourth Gospel. Much like the earlier volume on How John Works in terms of storytelling, this volume could be used as a whole or supplementarily in presenting Johannine epistemology. —Sherri Brown, Review of Biblical Literature
ALT “What Did He Say?”: Repair Questions as Vestigial Features of Remembered Conversations of Jesus in John’s Gospel Douglas Estes As a starting point, I surveyed forty ancient texts close in time and character to the Fourth Gospel to see whether there were any clear occurrences of questions with repair qualities.... Of the forty ancient texts, only six have at least one question with notable repair qualities: Susanna, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts.
ALT Recent excavations beneath Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre uncovered ancient seeds and pollen dating to 1st-century A.D. agricultural use—backing the Gospel of John’s description of a garden near the site. As Dr. Douglas Estes (@NewCollegeofFL) notes, history & archaeology continue to confirm key biblical details skeptics long doubted. Read more: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/site-where-jesus-crucified-buried-reveals-new-evidence-backs-biblical-account by @andreamargs
