That's not Occam's Razor!

In this first new channel episode since the trailer for The Eye of the Beholder I discuss a 2018 book called Theology and History in the Fourth Gospel by mainstream New Testament scholar Jörg Frey. Frey accuses more conservative scholars of following "aprioristic" methods, but the shoe is on the other foot. It is Frey himself who so strongly assumes that John is at least partially ahistorical, and who is so captivated by hyper-complex literary theories, that he is closed to strong, commonsense evidence for John's historicity. Even Jesus' saying, "Get up, let's go!" in different scenes is taken by Frey to be evidence of John's "adapting" the Gospel of Mark. I don't know: Have you ever said, "C'mon, get up, let's go" on more than one occasion? Maybe even in the same evening? I bet you have.  For more on John's Gospel, see The Eye of the Beholder, currently in stock at Barnes & Noble. (Amazon is waiting for more stock.)  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-eye-of-the-beholder-lydia-mcgrew/1138856063?ean=9781947929159  To see the table of contents and free samples, follow the links under the book cover image here: http://lydiamcgrew.com/  #gospelofJohn #gospelreliability #lydiamcgrew  Here is the trailer for The Eye of the Beholder:  https://youtu.be/Z0SmeHZjaH0

Originally uploaded 3-17-21