Thomas Verenna
Thomas S. Verenna is a deist and former proponent of the Christ myth theory and writer who has co-written several books on the historicity of Jesus.[1]
Works
Thomas L. Thompson and Verenna edited the contributions from a diverse range of scholars[2] in the 2012 book Is This Not the Carpenter?: The Question of the Historicity of the Figure of Jesus.[3] Writing in the introduction, "The essays collected in this volume have a modest purpose. Neither establishing the historicity of an historical Jesus nor possessing an adequate warrant for dismissing it, our purpose is to clarify our engagement with critical historical and exegetical methods.[4] In "Part II: The Epistles of Paul", Mogens Müller argues that the Epistles confirm the historicity Jesus and Verenna argues that the Epistles confirm the ahistoricity Jesus.
External links
- Thomas S. Verenna, "Artifacts and the Media: Lead Codices and the Public Portrayal of History", Bible and Interpretation, 16 May 2011
- Emeritus Professor Philip Davies, Did Jesus Exist?, Bible and Interpretation, August 2012
References
- ↑ Casey, Maurice (16 January 2014). "Introduction: From fundamentalism to mythicism. Issues, ‘scholars’ and bloggers". Jesus: Evidence and Argument or Mythicist Myths?. A&C Black. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-567-59224-8.
Verenna was originally an American Catholic. He began his atheist outpourings under the pseudonym of Rook Hawkins, when he was still in his teens, continuing while an undergraduate at Rutgers University. He is co-editor with Thomas L. Thompson of the recent book Is This Not the Carpenter? The Question of the Historicity (Sheffield: Equinox, 2012).
- ↑ Table of Contents
- ↑ Thompson, Thomas L.; Verenna, Thomas S. (2012). "Is this Not the Carpenter?": The Question of the Historicity of the Figure of Jesus. Equinox. ISBN 978-1-84553-986-3.
- ↑ Thomas L. Thompson; Thomas S. Verenna. "‘Is This Not the Carpenter?’ — Introduction". The Bible and Interpretation. Retrieved 29 March 2016.