Hitler Homer Bible Christ
| Author | Richard Carrier |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Early Christianity, textual criticism, classical studies, skepticism |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Philosophy Press |
Publication date | 2014 |
| Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 408 |
| ISBN | 978-1493567126 Search this book on  . |
Hitler Homer Bible Christ: The Historical Papers of Richard Carrier 1995–2013 is an anthology that collects Richard Carrier's historical work on Christian origins, Greco Roman culture, and critical method. The volume assembles peer reviewed journal articles, research papers, and magazine essays, with several items revised for this edition, and it presents twenty chapters that include studies of Hitler's Table Talk, critiques of Jerry Vardaman's microletters claims, and analyses of testimonies to Jesus in Josephus, Tacitus, and Thallus.
Background and development
Carrier compiled the collection to centralize work produced between 1995 and 2013, to update select items, and to make pieces available that otherwise required library or paywall access.[1]
Contents and themes
The anthology spans several domains of Carrier's work. It includes a reassessment of the French and English editions of Hitler's Table Talk, arguments about early Christian textual transmission and redaction, studies of extrabiblical testimonies about Jesus in Greco Roman authors, critiques of pseudoscience in popular archaeology, and methodological essays on evaluating historical claims.[2]
Selected included papers
| Title | Original publication and date | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| "Hitler's Table Talk": Troubling Finds | German Studies Review 26.3, 2003 | Translation dependence and reliability of anti Christian quotations attributed to Hitler[3] |
| Flash! Fox News Reports that Aliens May Have Built the Pyramids of Egypt! | Skeptical Inquirer 23.5, 1999 | Critique of sensational archaeology reporting and pyramid claims[4][5] |
| Pseudohistory in Jerry Vardaman's Magic Coins, The Nonsense of Micrographic Letters | Skeptical Inquirer 26.2, 2002 | Refutation of alleged microletter readings on Roman coins[6] |
| More on Vardaman's Microletters | Skeptical Inquirer 26.4, 2002 | Follow up documenting scholarly responses and clarifications[7] |
| The Guarded Tomb of Jesus and Daniel in the Lion's Den, An Argument for the Plausibility of Theft | Journal of Higher Criticism 8.2, 2001 | Naturalistic account of an empty tomb tradition and security claims[8] |
| The Spiritual Body of Christ and the Legend of the Empty Tomb | in The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond the Grave, 2005 | Argument that earliest resurrection belief centered on a spiritual body, empty tomb stories viewed as later narratives[9][10] |
| The Plausibility of Theft | in The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond the Grave, 2005 | Evaluation of theft or removal explanations for the burial narrative[11] |
| The Burial of Jesus in Light of Jewish Law | in The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond the Grave, 2005 | Legal plausibility of burial scenarios in Second Temple Jewish practice[12] |
| Thallus and the Darkness at Christ's Death | Journal of Greco Roman Christianity and Judaism 8, 2011–2012 | Source criticism of claimed pagan testimony to the crucifixion darkness[13] |
| Origen, Eusebius, and the Accidental Interpolation in Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 20.200 | Journal of Early Christian Studies 20.4, 2012 | Text critical analysis of a passage about James in Josephus[13] |
| The Prospect of a Christian Interpolation in Tacitus, Annals 15.44 | Vigiliae Christianae 68, 2014 | Examination of authenticity and transmission of the Chrestus/Christus notice[13] |
| The Nazareth Inscription | originally at Internet Infidels, 2000 | Assessment of the decree's date, provenance, and relevance to Christian origins[14] |
Reception
The anthology functions as a reference point for Carrier's positions on contested texts and testimonia, and it consolidates items otherwise scattered across journals and magazines. Subsequent debates and discussions of Table Talk, the Nazareth inscription, and New Testament textual problems often cite chapters from this volume as a single access source for his arguments.[15][13]
Notes
- ↑ "Hitler Homer Bible Christ". Scribd. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
Published by Philosophy Press, Richmond, California, 2014
- ↑ Carrier, Richard C. (2003). ""Hitler's Table Talk": Troubling Finds". German Studies Review. 26 (3): 561–576. doi:10.2307/1432747. JSTOR 1432747.
- ↑ Carrier, Richard C. (2003). ""Hitler's Table Talk": Troubling Finds". German Studies Review. 26 (3): 561–576. doi:10.2307/1432747. JSTOR 1432747.
- ↑ "Flash! Fox News Reports that Aliens May Have Built the Pyramids of Egypt!". Scribd scan of HHBC contents page markers. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "Carrier publications list" (PDF). RichardCarrier.info. August 17, 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "Pseudohistory in Jerry Vardaman's Magic Coins" (PDF). Skeptical Inquirer, Center for Inquiry. March–April 2002. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "More on Vardaman's Microletters" (PDF). Skeptical Inquirer, Center for Inquiry. July–August 2002. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "Carrier curriculum vitae". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "The empty tomb: Jesus beyond the grave". Internet Archive. Prometheus Books. 2005. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "A Critical Review of The Empty Tomb". NormanGeisler.com. Spring 2006. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "UFOs, Ghosts, and a Rising God, references to Carrier essays" (PDF). Internet Archive. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "UFOs, Ghosts, and a Rising God, references to Carrier essays" (PDF). Internet Archive. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Richard Carrier". Encyclopedia MDPI. December 8, 2022. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "The Nazareth Inscription". Internet Infidels. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ Carrier, Richard C. (2003). ""Hitler's Table Talk": Troubling Finds". German Studies Review. 26 (3): 561–576. doi:10.2307/1432747. JSTOR 1432747. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
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