Dr. Mike Licona

Mike Licona is associate professor of theology at Houston Baptist University, president of Risen Jesus, Inc., and holds a PhD in New Testament Studies from the University of Pretoria (earned with distinction). He is the author of numerous books including The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach, Paul Meets Muhammad (co-authored with Gary Habermas), and co-editor with William Dembski of Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from the Bible, History, Philosophy, and Science. His next book will concern ancient compositional devices resulting in discrepancies in the Gospels and Plutarch’s Lives. Mike is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Institute for Biblical Research, and the Evangelical Philosophical Society, and is a frequent speaker on university campuses, radio and TV.

Websites and Books

• Risen Jesus : The Ministry of Mike Licona (http://www.risenjesus.com/)
• Dr. Licona's Staff Page at Houston Baptist University (https://www.hbu.edu/Choosing-HBU/Academics/Colleges-Schools/School-of-Christian-Thought/Departments/School-of-Theology/Faculty/Mike-Licona.aspx)
• Michael R. Licona, The Resurrection of Jesus : Authority and Method in Theology, IVP Academic (1 Nov 2010)
• William A. Dembski & Michael R. Licona, Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from the Bible, History, Philosophy and Science, (2009)
• Michael R. Licona, Paul Meets Muhammad: A Christian Muslim Debate on the Resurrection, Baker (2006)
• Gary R. Habermas & Michael R. Licona, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, Kregel Publications,U.S.; Pap/Com edition (1 April 2004)

Items mentioned in (or otherwise relevant to) the interview

• TMR 065 : Dr. Gary Habermas : The Minimal Facts Approach to Jesus' Resurrection
• Nicholas Wolterstorff, Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the Claim that God Speaks, Cambridge University Press (5 Oct. 1995)
• Richard A. Burridge, What Are the Gospels?: A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.; 2 edition (August 9, 2004)
• Michael R. Licona, "Historians and Miracle Claims", Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, 12 (2014) 106-129, Brill (2014)
• Craig L. Blomberg, The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, IVP Academic; 2nd edn (November 18, 2007)
• ______________, The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel: Issues & Commentary, IVP Academic (November 20, 2011)
• Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (September 22, 2008)
• Paul Rhodes Eddy & Gregory A. Boyd, The Jesus Legend: A Case for the Historical Reliability of the Synoptic Jesus Tradition, Baker Academic (August 1, 2007)

Acknowledgements

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