Paul L. Maier

• Dr. Paul L. Maier is Russell H. Seibert Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at Western Michigan University
• Ph.D., University of Basel (1957)
• Ancient Near East, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Christianity and the Roman Empire, Reformation Era

Website

• Personal website (http://www.paulmaier.com/)
• Webpage at Western Michigan University (http://www.wmich.edu/history/directory/emeritus/maier.html)

Select publications (Academic)

• Paul L. Maier, In the Fullness of Time: A Historian Looks at Christmas, Easter, and the Early Church, Kregel Publications, revised and updated edition (February 3, 1998)
• __________, Josephus: The Essential Writings, Kregel (1988)
• __________, Josephus: The Essential Works, Kregel Academic & Professional (May 17, 1995)
• __________, Eusebius: The Church History, Kregel Academic & Professional (May 31, 2007)

Select publications (Historical Novel)

• __________, Pontius Pilate: A Novel, Kregel Publications; 2nd edition (July 12, 1995)
• __________, The Flames of Rome: A Novel, Kregel Publications; 2nd edition (July 12, 1995)

Items mentioned in (or otherwise relevant to) the interview

• Robert E. Van Voorst, Jesus Outside the New Testament : An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (April 13, 2000)
• Jesus Never Existed : Exposing the tragic fabrication of a saviour of the world (http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/)
• Bertrand Russell, Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects, Touchstone (October 30, 1967)
• Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Project Gutenberg; containing the standard version of the so-called "Testimonium Flavianum" with probable interpolations by a Christian scribe:

 "Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ. And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day." (18.3.3)

Agapius of Hieropolis, Universal History, Part 2; containing the Arabic version of Josephus's "Testimonium Flavianum", which Dr. Maier argues indicates what the original version may well have looked like:

"At that time there was a wise man named Jesus, whose life was perfect, his virtues were recognized, and many Jews and Gentiles became his disciples. And Pilate condemned him to death on a cross, and those who had become his disciples, preached his doctrine. They claimed that he appeared to them alive three days after his passion. Maybe he was the Messiah, about whom the prophets had spoken of miracles."

• The Gospel of Thomas, EarlyChristianWritings.com
• The Protevangelion of James, EarlyChristianWritings.com
• Joseph Atwill, Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 18, 2011)
• Chris White, Caesar's Messiah Debunked - Joseph Atwill's Covert Messiah Refuted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnV0cJgTRiM)
• Tom Harpur, The Pagan Christ: Recovering the Lost Light, Walker & Company (March 1, 2005)
• BAR - Biblical Archeology Review (http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/magazine/)
• For information on the uncontested Pontius Pilate Stone discovered at Caesaria Maritima in 1961, see (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate_Stone)
• For information on the contested "Caiaphas Ossuary" discovered in Jerusalem in 1990, see (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiaphas_ossuary)

[Compared to the ornateness of the ossuary's decoration, the inscription seems too crude to be convincing, but according to Helen Katharine Bond this is not unusual; see Caiaphas : Friend of Rome and Judge of Jesus?, WJK Press (2004) (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TRGpNmDmfxAC&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false)]

• John A. T. Robinson, Redating the New Testament, Wipf & Stock Pub (October 31, 2000)
• _______________, The Priority of John, SCM Press (March 15, 2012)
• Dr. David Instone-Brewer, "Sanhedrin 42a Censored" [external PDF], Tyndale House, University of Cambridge
• Saint John Fragment: fragment from John's Gospel dated to the first half of the Second Century AD (http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/searchresources/guidetospecialcollections/stjohnfragment/)

Acknowledgements

• Theme music: Chillout Me, kindly provided by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)
• Image sources: "Pontius Pilate Inscription.JPG", "Kayafa's Ossuary 1.JPG", "Kayafa's Ossuary 3.JPG", each by BRBurton (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons