Unbiased Ancient Historians & Biased Modern Day Ones – Ep.311 – Miracles – Antisupernaturalism As An Authenticity Criterion? – Part 2

Unbiased Ancient Historians & Biased Modern Day Ones Before we dig into Hume, we finish our discussion on unbiased ancient historians and then bring in the fact that modern day historians tend to be more biased. Both cases interact with miracle claims but it seems that ancient historians tend to deal with those claims in a more fair way than modern skeptics. Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 02:13 - Ancient Writers Did Include Miracle Accounts Without Sensationalizing Them 05:02 - Livy & Tacitus - Ancient Historians Who Did Not Deny Miracles 06:20 - Known Historical Fiction Vs. Known Historical Facts 07:48 - "It Is Said..." Was Said By Ancient Historians To Allow People To Make Up Their Own Minds 09:04 - Ancient Historians Were Not Radical Enlightenment Skeptics But They Did Know Levels Of Evidence Of Miracles 10:27 - Ancient Plausibility Structures 12:29 - Josephus - A Jewish Writer To A Greek Audience When It Comes To Miracles 13:19 - Luke - A Greek Writer Of Miracles And Understands They Are Weird 15:32 - Modern Western Skepticism Towards Miracles 17:06 - No Need To Assume Modern Anti-Supernaturalism Reading Of History 18:54 - Our Cultural Limitations When It Comes To Miracle Claims In History 21:16 - Our Privileged Particular Western Worldview When It Comes To History & Miracles 25:56 - Historians And The Limits Of Their Experience Effects Their Work 30:16 - Overview Of Ancient Historian Claims Of Miracles & Current Historians Bias 32:09 - Conclusion BOOK LINKS: Main Book - Miracles by Craig Keener: Kindle Hardcover Logos ChristianBook.com     Other Book - Miracles Today by Craig Keener: Kindle Paperback Audible Logos ChristianBook.com All episodes, short clips, & blog - https://www.cavetothecross.com