He's had health difficulties. Looking at the page itself we find this message from Dr Price:
Bible Geek listeners will know that the very brand of Bible scholarship that attracts them to the podcast has long made it impossible for Dr. Price to find any paying employment in professional academia. He and his family are chronically on the edge financially, without medical insurance, and scarcely able to pay monthly bills. Now their very old house is in urgent need of major repairs. Any help will be vastly appreciated. Even the heavenly minded need a roof overhead.
This is very frank, and I had no idea that he was in these kinds of difficulties. I'm sure that there are people here who would like to help.
I don't find his opposition to Obamacare especially relevant, but the existence of Obamacare, since the first of the year, is now relevant. I hope he isn't passing up on Obamacare just because he opposed it. I am already funding his healthcare. He just needs to accept it.
I've bought two of his books in the last month, perhaps I should buy a few more so he can get some more royalties. If you haven't read it yet, The Amazing COlossal Apostle is a great read.
The metric to judge if one is a good exegete: the way he/she deals with Barabbas.
Who disagrees with me on this precise point is by definition an idiot.-Giuseppe
I'd contend that the efforts and contributions of the likes of Robert Price and Earl Doherty will be treated very favorably by history in future yet, alas, less favorably than they deserve now.
MrMacSon wrote:I'd contend that the efforts and contributions of the likes of Robert Price and Earl Doherty will be treated very favorably by history in future yet, alas, less favorably than they deserve now.
Plenty of ashes of mythicist literature from one hundred years ago already line then dustbin of history, ready to welcome the ashes of the literature of the many modern mythicists. There has been no progress. The arguments have gotten worse, not better.
perseusomega9 wrote:I've bought two of his books in the last month, perhaps I should buy a few more so he can get some more royalties. If you haven't read it yet, The Amazing COlossal Apostle is a great read.
Yep. It's incredibly cheap for how much content it has, too. (Speaking as someone who's trying to collect all the $90 tomes of the Copenhagen International Seminar.)