Historical Jesus 2, with Dr. Patel

Dr. Shaily Patel of Virginia Tech joins Rob to talk about the Historical Jesus, along with demons and magic in the ancient world, and a little bit of Jesus mythicism.

Dr. Patel’s VT page: https://liberalarts.vt.edu/departments-and-schools/department-of-religion-and-culture/faculty/shaily-patel.html

Mark Goodacre’s blog: https://ntweblog.blogspot.com/

Travis Proctor’s “Demonic Bodies” book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/demonic-bodies-and-the-dark-ecologies-of-early-christian-culture-9780197581162?cc=us&lang=en&

Eric Vanden Eykel’s “The Magi” book: https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506473734/The-Magi

Radcliffe Edmonds’ “Drawing Down the Moon” book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691156934/drawing-down-the-moon

Bart Ehrman’s “Did Jesus Exist?” book: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/did-jesus-exist-bart-d-ehrman?variant=32206747271202

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