Part 3: Bias and Plausibility Structures

  • Are secular scholars affected by personal biases?
  • How do personal biases manifest in the field of biblical studies?
  • What are plausibility structures, and how are they formed?
  • How do plausibility structures affect the work of biblical scholars?

We explore these question here in part 3:

Slides with notes:

Narrated YouTube presentation:

Recommended Resources:

We’re all biased. Let’s explore how.

Craig Keener, Miracles (contains an excellent, in-depth discussion of plausibility structures in biblical studies)