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Methodological Naturalism: Engaging the Responses of Robert J. Miller and Amy-Jill Levine

Methodological Naturalism: Engaging the Responses of Robert J. Miller and Amy-Jill Levine Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 9 (2011) 118–123 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2011 DOI 10.1163/174551911X601180 brill.nl/jshj Methodological Naturalism: Engaging the Responses of Robert J. Miller and Amy-Jill Levine Robert L. Webb McMaster University Hamilton, ON, Canada webb.bob@sympatico.ca I would, fi rst of all, like to thank Amy-Jill Levine and Robert Miller for the engaging and stimulating discussion on these matters that are of signifi cance to our discipline of historical-Jesus studies. It has been a privilege to participate in this endeavor with them. I address each of their concerns in a moment, but I begin with a general observation with respect to both their responses. Both Levine and Miller portray the issues and discussion as an ‘us-and-them’ dichot- omy: Levine discusses ‘evangelicals’ and ‘liberals’, while Miller presents an ‘evangelical camp’ and a ‘traditional camp’. I would suggest that such a dichotomous portrayal is too simplistic to capture the broad and diverse reality that exists within our discipline. Th ere is, rather, a spec- trum of alternatives along a continuum. Many scholars may have diffi - culty pigeon-holing themselves with respect to this dichotomy (though it is, of course, much easier to pigeon-hole others). I, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Brill

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© 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 9 (2011) 118–123 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2011 DOI 10.1163/174551911X601180 brill.nl/jshj Methodological Naturalism: Engaging the Responses of Robert J. Miller and Amy-Jill Levine Robert L. Webb McMaster University Hamilton, ON, Canada webb.bob@sympatico.ca I would, fi rst of all, like to thank Amy-Jill Levine and Robert Miller for the engaging and stimulating discussion on these matters that are of signifi cance to our discipline of historical-Jesus studies. It has been a privilege to participate in this endeavor with them. I address each of their concerns in a moment, but I begin with a general observation with respect to both their responses. Both Levine and Miller portray the issues and discussion as an ‘us-and-them’ dichot- omy: Levine discusses ‘evangelicals’ and ‘liberals’, while Miller presents an ‘evangelical camp’ and a ‘traditional camp’. I would suggest that such a dichotomous portrayal is too simplistic to capture the broad and diverse reality that exists within our discipline. Th ere is, rather, a spec- trum of alternatives along a continuum. Many scholars may have diffi - culty pigeon-holing themselves with respect to this dichotomy (though it is, of course, much easier to pigeon-hole others). I,

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