(BP) Southern Baptist apologist Mike Licona sparked a theological war of words (and subsequently left his job) in 2011 when he questioned the "raised saints" passage of Matthew 27. Now a group of noted theologians has assessed Licona's controversial analysis in a roundtable discussion in the Southeastern Theological Review.

The journal, published by Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, also included four articles related to Licona's book The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach, which has been praised as a landmark achievement but also has renewed concerns over biblical inerrancy because of the Matthew passage.

Licona, of Houston Baptist University, was included in the roundtable, along with Danny Akin of Southeastern Seminary, Craig Blomberg of Denver Seminary, Paul Copan of Palm Beach Atlantic University, Michael Kruger of Reformed Theological Seminary, and Charles Quarles of Louisiana College.

In The Resurrection of Jesus, Licona presents a defense of the historicity ...

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