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Richard Carrier's claim that all historians have concluded the criteria of authenticity are invalid is false — most historians still embrace the criteria

Real Historian Responds to "Jesus Was a Myth" Claims 00:59:09 – 01:00:10

Audience Q about the methodology of validating historicity of Christ

Carrier claims every expert in Jesus studies who has written on the validity of historical methods has concluded they are all invalid. Licona disputes this: a 2012 book edited by Chris Keith and Anthony Le Donne (Jesus, Criteria, and the Demise of Authenticity) contains scholars questioning the criteria, but most of the skepticism is post-modernist and the majority of historians still embrace the criteria of authenticity.

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