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John Beversluis

John Beversluis received his Bachelor of Arts from Calvin College and his Ph.D from Indiana University. He has taught philosophy at numerous institutions including Grand Valley State College (Allendale MI), Emory University (Atlanta, GA), the University of the South (Sewanee, TN), and Butler University (Indianapolis, IN). He has participated in three National Endowment for the Humanities seminars for College Teachers: at the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL), the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Texas (Austin, TX). He has presented papers at the American Philosophical Association, at various universities in the United States, and at Oxford and Cambridge in the U.K. He has also presented several papers to the Oxford C. S. Lewis Society. His publications include articles in the areas of Ancient Greek Philosophy (focusing on Socrates and Plato), the Philosophy of Religion, Kantian Ethics, and Philosophy and Literature. He currently teaches Philosophy and Religion in the Gentrain program at Monterey Peninsula College, California.


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The Gospel According to Whom? – One

Preface | One | Whitewash | Why (2009) An Ex-Believer Looks at the Synoptic Gospels and Their Evangelical Christian Whitewashers Chapter One: Approaching the Synoptic Gospels Before turning to the synoptic Gospels, two preliminary topics need to be discussed. The first is New Testament criticism, the second is the doctrine of the inspiration of the […]

The Gospel According to Whom? – Preface

Preface | One | Whitewash | Why (2009) An Ex-Believer Looks at the Synoptic Gospels and Their Evangelical Christian Whitewashers Preface This book is not written for scholars and is not offered as a contribution to scholarship. My goal is not to break new ground, but simply to present the results of mainstream New Testament […]

The Gospel According to Whom? – Whitewash

Preface | One | Whitewash | Why (2009) An Ex-Believer Looks at the Synoptic Gospels and Their Evangelical Christian Whitewashers Introduction: The Evangelical Christian Whitewash of the Synoptic Gospels By “the evangelical Christian whitewash” I mean the ongoing attempt by evangelical Christian theologians and apologists to deny that there are errors, contradictions, inconsistencies, and other […]

The Gospel According to Whom? – Why I Wrote This Book

Preface | One | Whitewash | Why (2009) An Ex-Believer Looks at the Synoptic Gospels and Their Evangelical Christian Whitewashers Why I Wrote This Book This is a book about the synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke. They are called “synoptic” because they cover roughly the same ground from three different perspectives and thus provide […]