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Jacobsen, Paul: Skeptical replier to Strobel's Case for Faith and Case for the Real Jesus. Our comments here.

Jakes, T. D.: See our study here.

Jamnia

Council where the OT may have been fixed.

Articles
- The role of the council of Jamnia -- part of an article on the OT canon

Jasher, Book of: A lost book, but some people don't realize that yet.

JEDP theory

For material on individual books, check the Scripture Indexes by book name. Articles analyze individual passages in terms of the JEDP theory.

Articles
- Gen. 12:10-20, 20:1-18, and 26:1-11
- Gen. 15 and 17
- Gen. 21:14-21
- Gen. 37 (Midianites and Ishmealites)
- Exod. 17:2-7, Num. 20:2-13
- Num. 16
- Deuteronomy
- 1 Samuel 16-18
- The Making of the Old Testament [Off Site] -- includes pertinent commentary showing the internal unity of items like the Flood story
- A Brief Case for Moses as author of the Pentateuch [Off Site]
- More on what "Mosaic authorship" means [Off Site]
- Was the Pentateuch adulterated by later additions? [Off Site]

Jeffrey, Grant: See our article here.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Articles
- Critique of the JW view of the relation between the Father and the Son
- Critique of the JW doctrine against blood transfusion
- The Physical Nature of the Resurrection -- JW belief is that Jesus was raised as a spiritual being; though written with Skeptics in mind, this article refutes such contentions
- Critique of general JW doctrine of salvation
- Cross or Stake? -- JWs assert Jesus was executed on a stake, not a cross; this response to atheist Dan Barker covers the same ground
- The Holy Spirit -- the JWs believe the Holy Spirit is an impersonal force; this article covers that subject
- JWs and the Divine Name
- On "Soul Sleep" -- a JW doctrine, though I do not mention JWs in this article
- Watchman Fellowship essays

Jericho

Articles
- On the authenticity of the Jericho story

Jesus

A large subject, of course. We'll break this down into many subcategories. You might prefer to search by Scripture cite or other subject if you have one in mind.

Articles
- Existence of Jesus
  - Shattering the Christ-Myth: Secular References to Jesus
  - Refuting the Myth That Jesus Never Existed [Off Site]
- Divine Claims of Jesus
  - Did Jesus Claim to be God? -- contains links to articles discussing various claims to divinity
  - Was Jesus sinless? -- response to Uri Yosef. Also versus Donald Morgan
  - Messianic ideas in the time of Jesus [Off Site]
  - Are the Christologies of Mark and John radically different? [Off Site]
  - Metacrock's (Joe Hinman's) "Messiah page"
  - Recommended books
- Resurrection
  - Reply to Robert Price's "By This Time He Stinketh"
  - Was Jesus' resurrection nothing unusual? -- part of a reply to C. Dennis McKinsey
  - The nature of the resurrection body -- based on background social and Biblical data
  - The folded napkin legend
  - Could grave robbers have stolen the body of Jesus?
  - The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus by William Lane Craig [Off Site]
  - The Disciples' Inspection of the Empty Tomb by W. L. Craig [Off Site]
  - Easter: Myth, Hallucination, or History? by Edwin Yamauchi [Off Site]
  - From Easter to Valentinus and the Apostles' Creed Once More: Examination of James Robinson's Proposed Resurrection Appearance Trajectories by W. L. Craig [Off Site]
  - Could the Resurrection appearances have been a group hallucination? [Off Site]
  - The Resurrection appearances and the memory studies of Loftus [Off Site]
  - The Guard at the Tomb by William Lane Craig [Off Site]
  - The Historicity of the Empty Tomb of Jesus by W. L. Craig [Off Site]
  - A Closer Look at the Subjective Visions Hypothesis by "Wildcat"
  - Evidence for the Resurrection by Peter Kreeft
  - Recommended books
- Virgin Birth
  - On the Virgin Birth of Jesus
  - Was Mary "Debauched" by the Holy Ghost? -- an objection from Thomas Paine.
  - D. F. Strauss' objections to the birth narratives -- check here if you hear any really weird ones; they probably came from Strauss
  - If Jesus was virgin-born, why did people call Joseph his "father"?
  - Is it a problem that we do not know Jesus' exact birthdate?
- Miracles
  - Were the miracles of Jesus invented by the NT writers? [Off Site]
  - Did Jesus Do Real Miracles? -- a critique of a skeptical article
- Miscellaneous
  - Question: If what Jesus said was so important, why didn't he write it down himself?
  - On the genealogies of Jesus
  - Was Jesus illiterate?
  - Why don't the Gospels give us a biography of Jesus? -- they do; see this article for details
  - Was There Time for Legends to Build About Jesus? -- part of a review of Robert Price's Beyond Born Again
  - The Trial of Jesus -- a general defense of the Gospel trial accounts; includes defense against the idea that Jesus was a militaristic revolutionist
  - Did Jesus descend into hell? -- this is written on a Mormon doctrine, but has wider applications
  - Why believe in Jesus as Messiah when he didn't fulfill all the prophecies? [Off Site]
  - On the burial of Jesus -- covers practical aspects, secondary burial, and many other topics [Off Site]
  - Recommended books on the histrorical Jesus

Jesus Project

Jesus Seminar wannabe group/

Articles
- Review of Sources of the Jesus Tradition

Jesus Seminar

Articles
- On the Gospel of Thomas
- The Seminar and the Social Sciences -- Critical notes from Herzog's Jesus, Justice and the Reign of God which show that the Seminar's suppositions create a Jesus who is completely out of place in first-century Palestine
- William Lane Craig critique of the Seminar [Off Site]

John the Baptist