Richard Carrier vs. Dennis R. MacDonald

[Difflugia]

There have been recent mentions of both Dennis R. MacDonald (mimesis criticism) and Richard Carrier (Jesus mythicism). Dr. Carrier just posted an annotated transcript of a debate-style discussion that they had last year on a YouTube channel about the existence of a historical Jesus.

I've posted links to both in my member notes.

I will note that Dr. Carrier's annotations end up being a sort of "last word" and introduce arguments that he didn't make during the talk itself, so if it's important to you to appreciate the discussion without any preconceptions, listen to the video before reading the transcript.