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Taigen Dan Leighton answers your questions on:
a historical Buddha effort
(submitted by Gary Thornberry)
whether Jesus left Palestine
(submitted by TVEMB)

Jonah Blank answers your questions on:
Hindu miracles and martyrs
(submitted anonymously)
whether Jesus studied in India
(submitted by TVEMB and others)

Maher M. Hathout answers your questions on:
how the Quran addresses Jesus' death
(submitted by rjahangiri)

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Richard Land answers your questions on:

the "Search for Paul"
(submitted anonymously)

whether it's right to participate in debating the historical Jesus
(submitted by christopherbrown and others)

what Jesus did between crucifixion and resurrection
(submitted by eblackb450)

Richard Mouw answers your questions on:

Jesus' relationship with Mary Magdalen
(submitted by ostaris)

whether Jesus was just a political figure
(submitted anonymously)

Ben Witherington answers your questions on:

the scholarly merits of the Jesus Seminar
(submitted by Phil Baer and others)

how the apostles died
(submitted by steven)

how the Gospel of Thomas fits in with Jesus' teachings
(submitted anonymously)

James Strange answers your questions on:

whether Jesus was illegitimate
(submitted anonymously)

reconciling faith and facts
(submitted by Sebhardt)

Marcus Borg answers your questions on:

whether Jesus had brothers and sisters
(submitted by kborrou)

how often scholars use the Gospel of Thomas
(submitted anonymously)

what action comes out of his scholarship
(submitted by Drew M)

whether he is a Christian
(submitted by derienzo)

Elizabeth McNamer answers your questions on:

whether John the Baptist was an Essene
(submitted by humanbeing)

the meaning of the town name 'Nazareth'
(submitted by George X. Brooks)

N.T. Wright answers your questions on:

helping the conservative believer understand the value of the search for the historical Jesus
(submitted by P.J. Martin)

the political nature of the parables
(submitted by JohnthePayne)

John Dominic Crossan answers your questions on:

the "missing years" of Jesus' life
(submitted by Dwain Miller and others)

the Shroud of Turin
(submitted by billnashe)

Paula Fredriksen answers your questions on:

the role of women in the life of Jesus and his relationships with them
(submitted by J. Bosman)

opinions that didn't make the show
(submitted by E.L. Van Laningham)

Robert Funk answers your questions on:

non-biblical texts about Jesus
(submitted by Irc)

Jesus' body and blood
(submitted by jdlace)

whether the Bible is historically legitimate
(submitted by Ksenya R)

Additional responses will continue appearing on this page in upcoming days.

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Additional Beliefnet Scholars
Richard Land Southern Baptist theologian	Frederica Mathewes-Green Eastern Orthodox author	Richard Mouw Evangelical scholar	Ben Witherington Traditional biblical scholar
Jonah Blank Hindu scholar	Maher M. Hathout Muslim scholar	Taigen Dan Leighton Buddhist priest	Rabbi David Wolpe Jewish scholar

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