Some of you may have seen this article. As with most newspaper articles on the Bible, it is largely nonsense. If you read the article you will see he is talking about the approach taken by a scholar from the 4th century, some 300 years after the events of the New Testament, and the New Testament books were all written in the first century. Not that much is known about Fortunatianus of Aquileia. However, his theological views were at least semi-heretical.
The link below has a scholarly article from Richard Bauckham, he was a Professor of New Testament Studies at St Andrews University.
Anyway, ask yourself this. Would the apostles and and many early Christians willing to suffer and die for an allegory? Or because the Son of God did actually die on the cross for our forgiveness, and actually did rise again so we could have new life?
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