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It is explicit here that Christ's sacrifice was performed in the "greater and more perfect tabernacle" which "not a part of this creation." This tabernacle is juxtaposed against the "blood of goats and bulls." The 'crucifixion' on earth was not of a man, but of animals...

I haven't read Carrier's book, but I wouldn't be surprised to find McGrath has missed important/misrepresented clues in Carrier's book. That seems to be the standard excuse from the Carrier fan club. Cognitive Dissonance: Rejection of facts that is inconsistent with one's own false beliefs. Gnostic...

[quote="MrMacSon"]cienfuegos, do you have the specific page where Carrier makes that^ point?[/quote] In his discussion of Hebrews, beginning on P. 540 where he points to AoI's similarity to Hebrews and onto p. 541. I believe in Chapter 3 he deals in more detail with Hebrews. This point is ...

[quote="maryhelena"][b]Did Jesus Die in Outer Space? Evaluating a Key Claim in Richard Carrier’s On the Historicity of Jesus[/b] http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/2014/10/ By James F. McGrath Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature Butler University October 201...