Higher criticism
231The Completion of the Gospel
8 Dec 2025
13:19¶ 41
“It reeks of the underlying presupposition of higher criticism and all of that, where “our system” defines how the Bible should work, “our system”…”
190This Ain't Your Mom's Traditional Greek/Roman Classical Education
22 Apr 2024
3:43¶ 15
“There was a time in the late 1800s when the higher critics were saying, “Assyria? No, that’s a myth. Nineveh never existed, or all…”
4:11¶ 16
“And by no archeological evidence we mean it’s not on our road maps,” because archeology didn’t exist yet.”
185The Law on Mount Sinai
18 Mar 2024
23:26¶ 80
“A lot of liberals a century or two back said, “See? This shows us the ten commandments are a relic of an earlier phase…”
23:47¶ 81
“Right. The liberals say that monotheism was invented around the time of Isaiah.”
30Repairing the Timeline
26 Jul 2020
16:02¶ 72
“We kind of think, “Well, everybody’s always known about all this ancient stuff.” No, to the point that in the late 1800s, higher critics,…”
44:05¶ 147
“There’s one line Peter James’ book where he says this. “The dates the Old Testament gives, even those for the historical periods which are…”
44:36¶ 148
“That’s the closest that book ever gets to any acknowledgement of Christianity, but they have the guts to say, “You know, would we have…”