- 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
- Articles
- 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]
- Articles
- Jeffrey, Grant
- See our article here.
- Jehovah's Witnesses
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- 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
- Articles
- Jericho
- 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
- 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
- Articles
- Jesus Project
- Jesus Seminar wannabe group/
- Articles
- Review of Sources of the Jesus Tradition
- Articles
- Jesus Seminar
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- 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]
- Articles
- John the Baptist
- Johnson, B. C.
- Author of the Atheist Debater's Handbook -- and nothing else we know of.
- Articles
- Review of the Atheist Debater's Handbook by Jeffrey Stueber
- Articles
- Jones, Edgar
- Author of a site called voiceofjesus.org, who paints Paul as the big villian.
- Articles
- Comments on book about Paul
- Articles
- Joseph of Arimathea
- Does the name "Arimathea" suggest Joseph was a fake?
- Josephus
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- Articles
- The References to Jesus in Josephus' Antiquities
- Does Mark contradict Josephus on the death of John the Baptist?
- Does Mark contradict Josephus on the purpose of John's baptism? -- part of a larger article on the faith/works question.
- If we accept miracles from the Bible, why not also those reported by Josephus?
- Why don't some of the patristic writers quote the Testimonium?
- Was Luke influenced by Josephus?
- How Well Did the Patristic Writers Know Josephus? [Off Site]
- Did Josephus mention Jesus? by C. E. Price [Off Site]
- Articles
- Judaism
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- Articles
- Are the Gospel accounts of the trial of Jesus anti-Semitic? -- part of a larger item on Jesus' trial
- Is Matthew 27:24 an anti-Semitic verse?
- Another on "Fiddler Zvi"
- Is the Gospel of John anti-Semitic? [Off Site]
- Salvation and Judaism
- Articles
- Judaism vs. Christianity
- Disrespects Paul. See here.
- Judas Iscariot