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Gerhardson did research comparing rabbinic Judaism to early Christianity and it deserves a mention. Samuel Byrskog has done work comparing the practices of ancient historians and applying it to early Christianity. Richard Bauckham has completely shifted the paradigm in early Christianity research. am not accusing you but there seems to be a bias on Knowledge quite often in these various articles toward mythicism using Bultmann and form criticism from the mid-twentieth century which has since been largely undermined from the last fifty years of orality studies. Bultmann (form criticism) is a valid historical reference but not so much a good critical reference. Literary criticism created a dramatic shift in the 80's and biblucal criticism has continued to move on reflected in the work of those mentioned here and many others whose ideas are not included here.
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