Robert McNair Price (born July 7, 1954 , Jackson , Mississippi , USA ) is an American theologian , biblical scholar , religious scholar and writer.
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| Date of Birth | July 7, 1954 (aged 65) |
| Place of Birth | Jackson (Mississippi) , Mississippi , United States |
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| Scientific field | biblical studies , religious studies |
| Place of work | Johnny Colemon Theological Seminary |
| Alma mater | Montclair State University Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Drew University |
| Academic degree | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Systematic Theology PhD New Testament |
| Known as | theologian , biblical scholar , religious scholar , writer, religious skeptic , Christian atheist , critic of the historicity of Jesus Christ , mythologist Cthulhu of Howard Phillips Lovecraft |
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For some time he was a Baptist pastor in New Jersey . Robert Price is known for his skeptical views on the doctrine and history of the Christian religion: in his works he acts as a religious skeptic (calling himself a Christian atheist ), in particular, casting doubt on the historicity of Jesus Christ [1] . Price is also quite widely known as a researcher of the myths of Cthulhu Howard Phillips Lovecraft , whose origin connects with Gnosticism , and the work of the rock band Rush .
Participant of the Jesus Workshop [2] . Member of the Supervisory Board of the Alliance of Secular Students .
Biography
In 1976, he received a bachelor of humanities in philosophy and religion, and history at Montclair State University .
In 1978, he received a Master of Theological Studies in according to the New Testament at the Theological Seminary of Gordon-Conwell .
In 1981, Drew University received a Ph.D. in systematic theology .
In 1992, Drew University received a master's degree in philosophy from the New Testament .
In 1993, Drew University received a Ph.D. in the New Testament. [3]
In 1994 - 2003, he was the chief editor of the scientific journal Journal of Higher Criticism .
In 1999, he spoke at a debate with William Lane Craig on the resurrection of Christ . [four]
In 2005, he took part in the filming of a documentary film by Brian Fleming " God who was not here "
He teaches at the Theological Seminary of Johnny Colemon.
Professor of Biblical Criticism at the Center for Investigation Institute .
The historicity of Jesus
I understood, having studied many previous studies on the issue of [Jesus], that almost every story in the Gospels and Acts may seem like a very likely Christian correspondence of material from the Septuagint , Homer , the Bacchanus of Euripides and Josephus Flavius . ... In this case, the literary origin should always be preferable to historical. And this is the choice that we must make in almost every case of the New Testament narrative. I refer the interested reader to my essay, “The New Testament Story as a Midrash of the Old Testament,” in the “Midrash Encyclopedia” (edited by Jacob Neusner and Alan Avery-Peck). Of course, here I am dependent on many of the excellent works of Randel Helms , Thomas L. Brodie , John Dominic Crossan and others. None of them went as far as me. As soon as I calculated the stories of the Gospel, which each of the scholars convincingly deduced from the literary prototype, it became clear to me that practically nothing remained. No one tried to prove the fictitious nature of the whole tradition, and each of them suggested some cases that I found arbitrary and implausible. However, their work, when they were united, testified in favor of the fully fictitious story of Jesus. [...] Perhaps there was once a historical Jesus, but for us he is no more. If he existed, he was forever lost behind the stained glass of a sacred myth. At least this is the current state of evidence as I see it. [five]
G.F. Lovecraft's Creative Studies
As a publisher of the Crypt of Cthulhu magazine [6] (published by the Necronomicon Press in ) and the Cthulhu mythology anthology series [7] [8] [9] , Robert Price has been a symbolic personality for many years in studies of G. F. Lovecraft's work and fandoms dedicated to him. [ten]
In his religious studies, Price points to Gnostic roots in the image of the Lovecraftian deity Azathoth [11] and interprets The Shadow over Innsmouth as a ritual of initiation . [12]
Many of the early books on Cthulhu published by Chaosium were an anthologies compiled by Price. [13]
Scientific Papers
- The Widow Traditions in Luke-Acts: A Feminist-Critical Scrutiny Society of Biblical Literature . ISBN 0-7885-0224-7 (Mar 1997).
- The Evolution of the Pauline Canon , in Hervormde Teologiese Studies, Number 1 & 2 June 1997, 36-67
- Mystic Rhythms: The Philosophical Vision of Rush Borgo Press . ISBN 1-58715-102-2 . with Carol Selby Price (1 Nov 1998)
- Deconstructing Jesus Prometheus Books . ISBN 1-57392-758-9 . (20 Mar 2000).
- The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable is the Gospel Tradition? Prometheus Books . ISBN 1-59102-121-9 . (20 Dec 2003)
- The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond The Grave Prometheus Books . ISBN 1-59102-286-X edited with Jeffery Jay Lowder (April 20, 2005) with the following articles: "Introduction: The Second Life of Jesus," "Apocryphal Apparitions: 1 Corinthians 15: 3-11 as a Post Pauline Interpretation" and "By This Time He Stinketh: The Attempts of William Lane Craig to Exhume Jesus."
- The Da Vinci Fraud: Why the Truth Is Stranger than Fiction Prometheus Books . ISBN 1-59102-348-3 . (20 Sep 2005).
- The Reason Driven Life: What Am I Here on Earth For? Prometheus Books . ISBN 1-59102-476-5 . (1 Sep 2006).
- The Pre-Nicene New Testament: Fifty-four Formative Texts Signature Books ISBN 1-56085-194-5 . (30 Oct 2006)
- The Paperback Apocalypse: How the Christian Church was Left Behind Prometheus Books . ISBN 1-59102-583-4 . (1 Sept 2007).
- Jesus is Dead American Atheist Press ISBN 1-57884-000-7 . (April 30, 2007).
- Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today's Pop Mysticisms Prometheus Books . ISBN 1-59102-608-3 (8 April 2008)
- Beyond Born Again: Towards Evangelical Maturity Wildside Press . ISBN 1-4344-7748-7 (30 Oct 2008).
- Inerrant the Wind: The Evangelical Crisis of Biblical Authority Prometheus Books . ISBN 1-59102-676-8 (1 Dec 2008).
- The Case Against The Case For Christ: A New Testament Scholar Refutes the Reverend Lee Strobel , American Atheist Press. ISBN 1-57884-005-8 (15 Feb 2010)
- Chapter "Jesus: Myth and Method" in The Christian delusion edited by John W. Loftus Amherst, NY Prometheus Books 2010 ISBN 1-61614-168-9
- Paul: The Lost Epistles eBookIt.com (July 21, 2011)
- The Christ-Myth Theory and Its Problems American Atheist Press. ISBN 1-57884-017-1 (1 August 2011)
- The Amazing Colossal Apostle: The Search for the Historical Paul Signature Books ISBN 1-56085-216-X (February 15, 2012)
- Bart Ehrman and the Quest of Historical Jesus of Nazareth: An Evaluation of Ehrman's Did Jesus Exist? ISBN 978-1-57884-019-9 edited with Frank R. Zindler the following articles, "Introduction: Surprised by Myth" and "Bart Ehrman: Paradigm Policeman." American Atheist Press 2013 (16 Apr 2013)
Fiction
- Author and / or Publisher
- Acolytes of Cthulhu
- The Antarktos Cycle: Horror and Wonder at the Ends of the Earth
- The Azathoth Cycle: The Blind Idiot God
- Black forbidden things
- Blasphemies & Revelations Mythos Books. ISBN 0-9789911-9-2 . (30 Sep 2008).
- The book of eibon
- The Book of Iod (stories by Henry Kuttner )
- The Cthulhu Cycle: Thirteen Tentacles of Terror
- Dark Wisdom: New Tales of the Old Ones (stories by Gary Myers in )
- The Dunwich Cycle: Where the Old Gods Wait
- The hastur cycle
- The Horror of It All: Encrusted Gems from the "Crypt of Cthulhu"
- HP Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos
- The Innsmouth Cycle: The Taint of the Deep Ones
- The Ithaqua Cycle: The Wind-Walker of the Icy Wastes
- Lin Carter: A Look Behind His Imaginary Worlds
- Lin Carter's Anton Zarnak, Supernatural Sleuth
- Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos (with Lin Carter) Borgo Pr; Rev Sub edition (Nov 1997) ISBN 978-0-89370-013-3
- Mysteries of the Worm (stories by Robert Bloch )
- Nameless Cults: The Cthulhu Mythos Fiction of Robert E. Howard
- The necronomicon
- The New Lovecraft Circle
- The Nyarlathotep Cycle: The God of a Thousand Forms
- Shards of Darkness (stories by Edward P. Berglund)
- The Shub-Niggurath Cycle: Tales of the Black Goat with a Thousand Young
- The Taint of Lovecraft (stories by Stanley Sargeant )
- Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos
- Tales out of dunwich
- Tales Out of Innsmouth: New Stories of the Children of Dagon
- Tsathoggua # The Tsathoggua Cycle
- Worlds of Cthulhu
- The Xothic Legend Cycle: The Complete Mythos Fiction of Lin Carter
- The Yith Cycle: Lovecraftian Tales of the Great Race and Time Travel
Notes
- ↑ In 2009, Price stated that Jesus may have existed, but “until someone provides his diary or skeleton, we will never know” ( eng. Unless someone discovers his diary or his skeleton, we'll never know ) - Jacoby, David A. Compelling Evidence For God and the Bible: Finding Truth in an Age of Doubt . Harvest House Publishers, 2010, p. 97.
- ↑ Tokasz, Jay. Scholars to explore existence of Jesus , The Buffalo News , November 30, 2008,
- ↑ Brief Biography of Robert M. Price
- ↑ # 63 Debate - Robert Price vs William Lane Craig - Did Jesus Rise From The Dead - 1999 on YouTube
- ↑ Price, Robert M. The Quest of the Mythical Jesus . Jesus Project - Center for Inquiry . Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion . - " The Quest of the Mythical Jesus first appeared on the Robert M. Price Myspace page." Date of treatment March 28, 2017. Archived April 17, 2017.
- ↑ Harms, Daniel. The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia. - Elder Signs Press. - P. XV. - ISBN 1-934501-05-0 .
- ↑ Shannon Appelcline, A Brief History of Game # 3: Chaosium: 1975-present on RPG.net
- ↑ “The Cthulhu Mythos remains a popular venue in literature and the media. Since the 1980s Robert M. Price has been a kind of August Derleth redivivus in publishing a dozen or more anthologies of Cthulhu Mythos tales by writers old and new ”- Joshi, ST Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopedia of Our Worst Nightmares. - Greenwood Publishing Group . - P. 126. - ISBN 0-313-33780-2 .
- ↑ Mitchell, Charles P. The Complete HP Lovecraft Filmography. - Greenwood Press . - P. 6. - ISBN 0-313-31641-4 .
- ↑ "Joshi's only rival for eminence in the field durin the 1980s and 1990s was Robert M. Price" - Hite, Kenneth. Tour De Lovecraft: The Tales. - Atomic Overmind Press, 2008 .-- P. xiii.
- ↑ Price, Robert M. Introduction // The Azathoth Cycle. - Chaosium. - ISBN 1-56882-040-2 .
- ↑ "Equally importantly and convincingly, Price analyses the tale as a vision-quest, a coming-of-age ordeal ritual, which I have to say is pretty dead-on." - Hite, Kenneth. Tour De Lovecraft: The Tales. - Atomic Overmind Press, 2008 .-- P. 84.
- ↑ Shannon Appelcline. Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing, 2011 - P. 91. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7 .
Links
- Official site
- Bibliography of works of Robert Price and about him in the WorldCat database
- Robert Price at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database