Comments on: The Obsolete Paradigm of a Historical Jesus Is Now Available https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/38118 Announcing appearances, publications, and analysis of questions historical, philosophical, and political by author, philosopher, and historian Richard Carrier. Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:59:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/38118#comment-43334 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:59:12 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=38118#comment-43334 In reply to Eric.

Lol. I don’t know Hoopla well enough to know how it paginates. But it’s fine because you give a specific enough quote that it can be found by text search and that’s all I need (indeed it’s better than a page number anyway). That’s the right way to report.

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By: Eric https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/38118#comment-43333 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:53:50 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=38118#comment-43333 In reply to Richard Carrier.

thanks. it seems hoopla is numbering the pages differently or just sucking at reporting them. (or I suppose i was up late reading. theres always that angle too ;))

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By: Eric https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/38118#comment-43331 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:38:03 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=38118#comment-43331 In reply to Richard Carrier.

ok thanks for pointing me in that direction. Im reading it from Hoopla. sometimes the page numbers get messed up.

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/38118#comment-43330 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:24:00 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=38118#comment-43330 In reply to Eric.

That’s p. 140. But thanks. That is already on the Errata page, so you can check that first next time.

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/38118#comment-43329 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:19:07 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=38118#comment-43329 In reply to Eric.

Yes, you can search my blog (box top right margin) for Errata Obsolete and find:

Errata for Obsolete Paradigm of a Historical Jesus

And that one isn’t on it! So, good catch. Thanks. I just added it. It’s p. 118 not 210, so ironically there’s a typo in your typo report! 🙂

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By: Eric https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/38118#comment-43324 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:59:03 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=38118#comment-43324 another one- page 239, “mater”

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By: Eric https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/38118#comment-43323 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:50:21 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=38118#comment-43323 Hi Dr Carrier,
So far so good! just read JFOS and now Paradigm.

I know you have an errata blog page for Historicity. I don’t know if theres one for Paradigm. But heads up, I just stumbled on a minor typo – page 210, in regards to Q and John Kloppenburg, he “sets the probably” -> probability.

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By: Fabio Milito Pagliara https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/38118#comment-43157 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:22:16 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=38118#comment-43157 UPDATE Italy Amazon: the paper edition was finally delivered (it was on preorder) on February the 2nd 2026

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/38118#comment-43128 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:40:16 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=38118#comment-43128 In reply to Grégory.

There’s no evidence for that theory about what Josephus said. The evidence indicates he never mentioned Jesus at all.

No French editions of my works exist yet. But I want to create them someday. If that ever happens, it will be announced here and on all my social media.

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By: GrĂ©gory https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/38118#comment-43121 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:45:16 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=38118#comment-43121 Greetings, I really enjoyed the debate with Godless Enginer on this subject. (I haven’t watched it all yet due to lack of time.) The debate on mythicism is gaining ground, but I had read a text by Flavius Josephus (a Roman scribe of Jewish faith, a contemporary of Jesus or at least of the second destruction of the temple) stating that Jesus was a central figure in the Jewish revolt of the time, but that he was only a simple human being, a teacher. The Christians of the first century modified the text to their advantage by having Flavius Josephus say that Jesus was the Messiah, not only to attest to his historicity but also to add a divine dimension to him.

As ancient texts are very easy to falsify, this added weight to the myth and the construction of Christianity. It’s amazing how small details can make a big difference. But in addition to becoming aware, by dissecting the writings, of the fabrication of the Gospels and the minimal probability of the existence of our good old friend, it’s confusing, but it’s worth the detour.

PS: Is your book available in French? I would be delighted to get my hands on it. Thank you in advance.

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