R. Joseph Hoffmann

R. Joseph Hoffmann
R.Joseph Hoffmann 2
Born (1957-12-16) December 16, 1957 (age 66)
Occupation(s)Historian, Author, Lecturer

Raymond Joseph Hoffmann (born December 16, 1957) is a historian whose work has focused on the early social and intellectual development of Christianity.[1] His work includes an extensive study of the role and dating of Marcion in the history of the New Testament, as well the reconstruction and translation of the writings of early pagan opponents of Christianity: Celsus, Porphyry and Julian the Apostate. As a senior vice president for the Center for Inquiry, he chaired the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion, CSER, where he initiated the Jesus Project, a scholarly investigation into the historicity of Jesus. Hoffmann has described himself as "a religious skeptic with a soft spot for religion".[2]

  1. ^ "Point of Inquiry - The Scientific Study of Religion". Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Lament of a Soft Shelled Anti-American Atheist". The New Oxonian. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2014.