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Wesley Huff, on a Joe Rogan clip, treats the report of a risen Jesus as a historian’s problem. A man lived and died, and people close to him said they met him again. He thinks the execution under Pilate is the point skeptical scholars most often grant, because Greek, Roman, and Jewish notices repeat it, and an early cartoon mocks worship of a crucified figure with a donkey’s head. The punishment was built to shame and to kill, so a secret survival looks unlikely once the scene is set beside Roman practice. Three days and three nights, in his reading, is a Jewish idiom in which any part of a day counts, not a stretch long enough to recover. Luke, he notes, admits he was not there and writes with the habits of Roman life stories. The Gospel of Barnabas, sometimes offered as proof there was no cross, is for him a medieval book that borrows from Dante. Ancient critics, on this account, were less shocked by a wonder than by worship of a man killed that way.
Key points
- Huff frames the resurrection reports as a historical question about what associates claimed after a real death.
- He treats the crucifixion under Pilate as the claim outside writers also repeat, often in mockery.
- Survival of that execution looks, to him, almost impossible once Roman practice is set beside the gospel scene.
- The three day count is, on his account, a Jewish way of reckoning partial days rather than a long recovery.
- Luke is described as a non witness who still uses the writing habits of Roman biography.
- The Gospel of Barnabas is placed in the 15th century because it echoes Dante, so it is not an ancient denial.
Short quotes
Testament but Roman and Greek and Jewish writers refer to that claim afterwards and talk about the fact that you have
Wesley Huff, Wesley Huff on the Death and Resurrection
He argues the execution was mentioned by writers outside the church, not only in the gospels. Watch at 4:21
day was considered a day so three days and three nights becomes almost an idiom
Wesley Huff, Wesley Huff on the Death and Resurrection
On his reading, the three day phrase is a Jewish way of counting partial days, not a long rest. Watch at 7:43
Barnabas is 15th century it paraphrases Dante's Inferno it's not an ancient document so but in the ancient world no
Wesley Huff, Wesley Huff on the Death and Resurrection
He dates the Gospel of Barnabas to the late Middle Ages and denies that it is an early witness. Watch at 12:01
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