11. Biblical scholars and fundamentalists may object to the liberties taken with the story. 12. According to a number of biblical scholars, the available evidence suggests that Jesus was born not in a free-standing stable, but in a cave. 13. But Biblical scholars will tell you that Moses got out of the bullrushes with a wedge and a prayer. 14. Cardinal Martini, the refined biblical scholar, the Piedmontese bourgeois, the thoughtful observer of political complexities, is clearly not cut from that clerical cloth. 15. Cornuke said that many biblical scholars are critical of his findings, but he said no one has confronted him. 16. David N. Freedman, a biblical scholar at the University of California at San Diego, has a more skeptical view. 17. DreamWorks sought the counsel and advice of educators, biblical scholars, Egyptologists, biblical archeologists, and religious leaders including the Revs. 18. For John Dominic Crossan, a prolific Biblical scholar at DePaul University in Chicago and a former Roman Catholic priest, the tomb of Jesus was indeed empty. 19. For more than a century, biblical scholars have employed literary, historical, and other critical methods to the Bible to better understand its context and message. 20. Halsell bases her views solely on her own research and experiences as a professing Christian and not on any credentials as a biblical scholar. |