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PLATTSBURGH — The Adult Education Program of the Plattsburgh United Methodist Church hosts John Dominic Crossan on Thursday, April 2 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Crossan’s topic, “The Execution of Jesus,” ...

Marcus J. Borg, who for a generation helped popularize intense debates about the historical Jesus and the veracity and meaning of the New Testament, died January 21. He was 72 and had been suffering ...

(RNS) A prominent theologian and Bible scholar, Borg was a leader in the Jesus Seminar, which brought a skeptical eye to the Scriptures. (RNS) Marcus J. Borg, a prominent liberal theologian and Bible ...

John Dominic Crossan, a former Catholic priest who was cochair of the Jesus Seminar, said Borg agreed with him that the Bible was a mix of historical facts and interpretation and that many of the ...