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Today, Dr. Jacobs tackles the common objection: Was ancient Christianity infiltrated by Greek philosophy, such that it required a reformation or restoration? The answer is a resounding no. Follow Dr. Jacobs as he tracks the history through Old and New Testaments, German Idealism, and of course, a little realism and nominalism dusted on top for good measure.

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00:00:00 Intro 

00:02:05 The case for Hellenistic or Platonized Christian baggage 

00:06:49 German idealism 

00:15:21 Hegel and the Church Fathers 

00:20:08 The leftist Hegelians, atheism, and Christianity 

00:26:18 The protestant application

00:30:42 Open theism 

00:35:16 Hebrew ideas vs Greek ideas 

00:42:00 Mathematical truth vs Philosophical truth

00:50:07 Realism and nominalism 

00:56:03 The Septuagint and the Jewish shift away 

01:03:58 Are the Church Fathers platonists? 

01:19:19 Idealism in Old Testament studies 

01:25:11 Cases in the New Testament