Classic: Debating the Scandals of Easter: Jesus' Crucifixion and Resurrection David Instone-Brewer v Bob Price

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Listen to a compelling classic discussion between David Instone-Brewer, a New Testament scholar, and Bob Price, a professor of biblical criticism. This Unbelievable focuses on the scandals surrounding Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, as argued in David's book, 'The Jesus Scandals.' David posits these events based on their embarrassing nature for early Christians. In contrast, Price offers a skeptical perspective, suggesting alternative explanations involving mythic and cultural influences. The dialogue explores various pieces of evidence, including the Talmud and the Nazareth Inscription, and debates the plausibility and historical context of the resurrection accounts.

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0:19.9	Well, welcome along to Unbelievable. The show that gets Christians and non-Christians talking very often at this time of year on the show we do some kind of Easter-related programming. And it's my pleasure to be joined today by David Instone Brewer and a guest, Bob Price, and I'll introduce both those guests in just a moment's time.
0:38.4	It's going to be a really fascinating show today.
0:40.8	So let's turn now to the subject of today's discussion on the show that aims to get you thinking, unbelievable.
0:46.6	We're basing this on David Instone Brewer's new book, The Jesus Scandals.
0:51.6	David Instone Brewer, a regular guest of the show,
0:54.0	a New Testament scholar at Tyndale House in Cambridge, and author of this new book, The Jesus Scandals. He's going to be telling us all about it in a moment's time.
1:02.4	Opposite David Bob Price, who's a professor of biblical criticism out in the States. He was a Christian, but he came to a very skeptical view of the Bible in the end.
1:13.8	He contributes to the Centre for Inquiry Institute and is the author of a number of books on theology and the historicity of Jesus.
1:22.4	And we'll be ascertaining from Bob exactly what he does believe can or can't be believed about the Jesus of the Gospels.
1:29.8	So that's what we're looking at today on the show.
1:33.4	And let's turn first of all, David, to you.
1:36.8	Thank you for coming on.
1:38.2	Oh, thank you for inviting me.
1:40.2	I'm looking forward to finding out more about this.
1:42.2	This book, very much, bite-size sort of book.
1:46.7	These aren't terribly long chapters. They're the sorts of things that you can get through in a few minutes.
1:52.1	Every chapter is what I would call a coffee cup length. By the time you finish your coffee, you've finished a chapter and you've got something to tell people about in the pub.
2:01.2	Each chapter is similar to a magazine article. It gets to a point very quickly, gives you something to
2:06.5	think about, and it's quite punchy. And the scandals kind of come in different forms. Today,
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