Thomas L. Brodie

Thomas L. Brodie, OP (born 1943) is an Irish Dominican priest who worked in academia and has published books on the Christ myth theory. He argues that both Jesus and Paul did not exist as historical figures, and that a proto-version of Luke-Acts was the earliest Gospel, instead of Mark. Quotes Since around 1970 an alternative explanation of the New Testament and related texts has been emerging. Researchers are recognizing precise ways in which New Testament texts are explained as depending not on oral tradition but on older literature, especially older scripture. [...] The dependence of the gospels on the Old Testament and on other extant texts is incomparably clearer and more verifiable than its dependence on any oral tradition — as seen, for instance, in the thorough dependence of Jesus’ call to disciples (Lk. 9:57-62) on Elijah’s call (1 Kgs 19). The sources supply not only a framework but a critical mass which pervades the later text. Brodie Thomas L. w:Thomas L. Brodie Beyond the Quest for the Historical Jesus: Memoir of a Discovery https://books.google.com/books?id=BTarMQEACAAJ 2012 Sheffield Phoenix Press 978-1-907534-58-4 229 epilogue: Bart D. Ehrman's 'Did Jesus Exist?' See also Historical Jesus Historical reliability of the Gospels Historicity of Jesus Historicity of the Bible Criticism of the Bible Thomas Paine (1737–1809) Charles-François Dupuis (1742–1809) Constantin-François Volney (1757–1820) Richard Carlile (1790–1843) Bruno Bauer (1809–1882) Edwin Johnson (1842–1901) Albert Kalthoff (1850–1906) John Mackinnon Robertson (1856–1933) Arthur Drews (1865–1935) Paul-Louis Couchoud (1879–1959) Alvin Boyd Kuhn (1880–1963) Tom Harpur (1929–2017) Robert M. Price (b. 1954) Richard Carrier (b. 1969) Aron Ra (b. 1962) Thomas L. Brodie (b. 1943) John M. Allegro Georg Brandes Earl Doherty Kersey Graves Samuel Lublinski M. M. Mangasarian Michael Martin Michel Onfray Acharya S Gilbert T. Sadler Thomas L. Thompson Raoul Vaneigem G. A. Wells Frank Zindler Greg Boyd Shirley Jackson Case Maurice Casey F. C. Conybeare Bart Ehrman Maurice Goguel H. G. Wood External links Category:1943 births Category:Clergy Category:Living people Category:Authors from Ireland Category:Christ myth theory