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Archive of Posts in Chronological Order by Recent Date per Category
Note: Many posts exist within each category, but the child posts were reduced to 5 for cell phone users.
- Did the Exodus Happen? September 13, 2019
- Now: Literary Inconsistencies in the Old Testament September 11, 2019
- What About the Original *Old* Testament? September 10, 2019
- Does Isaiah 53 Predict Jesus’ Suffering and Death? August 23, 2019
- Does Your Soul Go To Heaven? August 21, 2019
Greco-Roman Religions and Culture
- Why Christians Needed an Old Testament: Pagan Attacks on the Faith June 23, 2019
- Death and the Meaning of Life April 30, 2019
- Jesus “Only” Adopted to be the Son of God? April 7, 2019
- A Roman Vision of Heaven and Hell March 27, 2019
- Did Ancient Greeks Invent Heaven and Hell? March 26, 2019
- What About the Original *Old* Testament? September 10, 2019
- Does Your Soul Go To Heaven? August 21, 2019
- An Alternative View of Suffering and the Idea of Resurrection August 20, 2019
- Resurrection from the Dead: Were Jews Influenced by Zoroastrianism? August 19, 2019
- Enoch’s Vision of the Realms of the Dead April 9, 2019
- Does Isaiah 53 Predict Jesus’ Suffering and Death? August 23, 2019
- Was James the Actual Brother of Jesus? July 15, 2019
- An Official Copy of Jesus’ Death Sentence: Another Forgery? May 27, 2019
- Was Jesus Perfect? Then How Was He Human?? Guest Post: Jeffrey Siker May 24, 2019
- How Jesus Became Perfectly Sinless: Guest Post by Jeff Siker May 19, 2019
- Is the Author of James Rejecting Paul Himself? August 5, 2019
- The Close Connections of James and Paul August 2, 2019
- Is James Responding to Paul? July 31, 2019
- Is the Book of James Attacking the Teachings of Paul? July 14, 2019
- Why Paul Did Not Write 2 Thessalonians: A Final Post June 18, 2019
- Scribes Who Changed Their Texts on Purpose August 4, 2019
- Is History a Four-Letter Word? July 19, 2019
- Flat-out Lies or Willful Ignorance. How Do They Get Away With It? June 26, 2019
- Finally! Now We Know. The “First-Century Copy” of Mark June 24, 2019
- When Were Matthew and Mark First Seen as Scripture: Guest Post on Papias by Stephen Carlson June 10, 2019
- Why Did the Author of James Claim to be James in Particular? August 6, 2019
- Is the Author of James Rejecting Paul Himself? August 5, 2019
- The Close Connections of James and Paul August 2, 2019
- Is James Responding to Paul? July 31, 2019
- Does James (the Book) Have the Same Concerns as James (the Man)? Part 2 July 28, 2019
- How Did We Get Chapters and Verses? September 6, 2019
- Can We Reconstruct the Entire New Testament from Quotations of the Church Fathers? September 1, 2019
- Scribes Who Changed Their Texts on Purpose August 4, 2019
- The Legality, Morality, and Scandal of Acquiring Ancient Manuscripts: Guest Post by Jennifer Knust July 9, 2019
- Christian Manuscripts and Nazi Loot: Guest Post by Jennifer Knust July 8, 2019
- A Readable Edition of the “Lost” (i.e. non-canonical) Gospels September 4, 2019
- The Scholarly Edition of the Apocryphal Gospels September 3, 2019
- How Views of the Afterlife Changed August 14, 2019
- An Ancient Author Trying to Justify His Deceit August 12, 2019
- A Christian Forger Caught in the Act August 11, 2019
- When Were Matthew and Mark First Seen as Scripture: Guest Post on Papias by Stephen Carlson June 10, 2019
- Papias and the Writers of the New Testament: Guest Post by Stephen Carlson April 25, 2019
- A Papias Mystery: What Was the Book He Wrote? Guest Post by Stephen Carlson April 12, 2019
- Is the Didache One Document or Three? December 23, 2017
- The Ethical Teachings of the Didache December 21, 2017
History of Christianity (100-300CE)
- Did Superior Health Care Lead to the Dominance of Christianity? August 28, 2019
- But WHY Doesn’t Torture Hurt?? Guest Post by Stephanie Cobb July 30, 2019
- How Could Torture Not Hurt?? Guest Post by Stephanie Cobb July 23, 2019
- Did It Hurt to Be Martyred? The Surprising Answer. Guest Post by Stephanie Cobb. July 16, 2019
- Interview for “Letters & Politics” on The Triumph of Christianity May 28, 2019
Jews and Christians in Antiquity
- Heightened Opposition to Jews in Early Christianity July 5, 2019
- When Christians Went on the Attack Against Jews July 3, 2019
- Why Christians Needed an Old Testament: Pagan Attacks on the Faith June 23, 2019
- The Jewish Bible in the Gentile Churches June 21, 2019
- How “Jews” Became “Children of the Devil” in the New Testament June 12, 2019
Development of Christian Doctrine
- Was Jesus Perfect? Then How Was He Human?? Guest Post: Jeffrey Siker May 24, 2019
- When Did Jesus Become Sinless? May 14, 2019
- The Radical Implications of the Resurrection April 21, 2019
- Who Invented the Idea of a Suffering Messiah? April 8, 2018
- Early Christology: How I Changed My Mind March 2, 2018
- Thomas: The Most Important Gospel Outside the New Testament August 29, 2018
- The Gospel of Thomas: An Overview August 28, 2018
- Thomasine Christians and Others, From After the New Testament August 27, 2018
- The Valentinian Gnostics from After The New Testament August 26, 2018
- The Sethian Gnostics, from After The New Testament August 24, 2018
- My Conference on Pseudepigraphy September 15, 2019
- Some Pitfalls of Writing for a General Audience September 9, 2019
- Why Don’t More Scholars Write Trade Books? September 8, 2019
- Why It’s Hard to Publish a Translation: Blast from the Past September 2, 2019
- Did Superior Health Care Lead to the Dominance of Christianity? August 28, 2019
- Why Did the Author of James Claim to be James in Particular? August 6, 2019
- Is the Author of James Rejecting Paul Himself? August 5, 2019
- The Close Connections of James and Paul August 2, 2019
- Is James Responding to Paul? July 31, 2019
- Does James (the Book) Have the Same Concerns as James (the Man)? Part 2 July 28, 2019
- Does Your Soul Go To Heaven? August 21, 2019
- An Alternative View of Suffering and the Idea of Resurrection August 20, 2019
- Resurrection from the Dead: Were Jews Influenced by Zoroastrianism? August 19, 2019
- How Views of the Afterlife Changed August 14, 2019
- Who Has The Answer For a Happy Afterlife? August 13, 2019
- Papias and the Writers of the New Testament: Guest Post by Stephen Carlson April 25, 2019
- Revelation as a Blueprint for our Future April 1, 2019
- April 1, 2019
- The Odd Modern Way of Reading the Book of Revelation March 29, 2019
- Armageddon and American Politics March 25, 2019
- If the Quest for the Historical Jesus Failed… What Then? February 22, 2019
- The Value of Eyewitness Testimony October 31, 2018
- Eyewitnesses and the Gospels: A Blast From the Past May 14, 2017
- Memory, Eyewitnesses, and the Relevance of Jesus: Readers Mailbag March 18, 2016
- The Triumphal Entry as a Distorted Memory March 7, 2016
- Was Jesus Made Up? A Blast from the Past. June 20, 2017
- Would I Be Personally Devastated if the Mythicists Were Right? A Blast From the Past May 28, 2017
- Mythicists and the Virgin Birth: Readers’ Mailbag May 6, 2017 May 6, 2017
- Bart Ehrman & Robert Price Debate – Did Jesus Exist? March 26, 2017
- Can Biblical Scholars Be Historians? January 13, 2017
History of Biblical Scholarship
- Sad News From Larry Hurtado July 10, 2019
- The Legality, Morality, and Scandal of Acquiring Ancient Manuscripts: Guest Post by Jennifer Knust July 9, 2019
- Christian Manuscripts and Nazi Loot: Guest Post by Jennifer Knust July 8, 2019
- Tracking Down Stolen Manuscripts: Guest Post by Jennifer Knust July 7, 2019
- The Writings of Papias: Guest Post by Stephen Carlson April 4, 2019
- Who Is The Enemy? August 9, 2019
- The New Edition of My New Testament Textbook October 23, 2018
- The Digital Bible (by Jeff Siker) October 21, 2018
- Studying the Bible as Theology and/or History September 24, 2018
- What It Takes to be a Graduate Student April 25, 2018
- Bart Ehrman discusses the Apocalypticist July 27, 2016
- Violent Opposition to the Romans in the Days of Jesus (or Brian)? June 30, 2014
- Brian and the Apocalyptic Jesus Part 3 June 29, 2014
- Brian and the Apocalyptic Jesus Part 2 June 28, 2014
- Brian and the Apocalyptic Jesus Parts 1 June 27, 2014
- Why Was the World Created in 4004 BC? July 1, 2019
- The Hobby Lobby, Biblical Manuscripts, and Academic Scandal June 25, 2019
- An Official Copy of Jesus’ Death Sentence: Another Forgery? May 27, 2019
- Homosexuality and the New Testament. Guest Post by Jeff Siker. March 4, 2019
- Homosexuality in the Bible (and the Christian Church) March 3, 2019
- An Ancient Author Trying to Justify His Deceit August 12, 2019
- A Christian Forger Caught in the Act August 11, 2019
- Is History a Four-Letter Word? July 19, 2019
- Flat-out Lies or Willful Ignorance. How Do They Get Away With It? June 26, 2019
- My Very First Post: Do Textual Variants Matter?? March 31, 2019
- When You Feel Like You’re Talking to a Wall May 26, 2019
- Being Willing to Accept the Truth May 21, 2019
- Do My Biases Mean I *Have* to Find Contradictions? May 20, 2019
- Judging the Debate! May 15, 2019
- Contradictions and Contradictions: Final Response to Matt Firth May 3, 2019
- A New and Important Book on the Bible September 16, 2019
- Some Pitfalls of Writing for a General Audience September 9, 2019
- A Readable Edition of the “Lost” (i.e. non-canonical) Gospels September 4, 2019
- The Scholarly Edition of the Apocryphal Gospels September 3, 2019
- Why It’s Hard to Publish a Translation: Blast from the Past September 2, 2019
- My Doubts about the Son of God: A Blast from the Past March 16, 2019
- Jesus and My First Girlfriend: A Blast From The Past March 19, 2018
- Managing the Time! Readers’ Mailbag December 17, 2017 December 17, 2017
- The Apostolic Fathers: Serendipity Strikes October 30, 2017
- Was My Weird Background a Help or a Hindrance: Mailbag October 22, 2017 October 22, 2017
- My Conference on Pseudepigraphy September 15, 2019
- Some Pitfalls of Writing for a General Audience September 9, 2019
- Why Don’t More Scholars Write Trade Books? September 8, 2019
- Why It’s Hard to Publish a Translation: Blast from the Past September 2, 2019
- Did Superior Health Care Lead to the Dominance of Christianity? August 28, 2019
- Interview for “Letters & Politics” on The Triumph of Christianity May 28, 2019
- Constantine and the Christian Faith: My Fourth Smithsonian Lecture May 2, 2019
- Why Did Christianity Take Over the World? Smithsonian Lecture 3. April 23, 2019
- Who Were The “Pagans” Christians Were Converting? April 14, 2019
- Christianity’s Most Important Convert: Lecture at the Smithsonian April 8, 2019
- An Opening for the Blog Dinner NYC August 27 August 22, 2019
- Learning New Things August 18, 2019
- Blog Dinner for NYC Full! August 16, 2019
- Join Me In Egypt? Tour in October 2020! August 16, 2019
- Do You Need a Free Membership? August 16, 2019
Other Early Christian Writings
- How Could Torture Not Hurt?? Guest Post by Stephanie Cobb July 23, 2019
- What Kind of Book Was Papias Writing? Guest Post by Stephen Carlson May 10, 2019
- Wine Flowing in the Kingdom: Guest Post on Papias by Stephen Carlson May 8, 2019
- Papias and the Writers of the New Testament: Guest Post by Stephen Carlson April 25, 2019
- A Papias Mystery: What Was the Book He Wrote? Guest Post by Stephen Carlson April 12, 2019