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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.
- Christianizing the Old Testament and the Museum of the Bible: Guest Post by Jill Hicks-Keeton July 21, 2020
- How Accurate are our Copies of the Hebrew Bible? July 1, 2020
- The Importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Understanding Jesus: Readers’ Mailbag June 28, 2020
- What Are The Dead Sea Scrolls? June 23, 2020
- Readers Mailbag: Does Isaiah 53 Predict the Death and Resurrection of Jesus? May 8, 2020
Greco-Roman Religions and Culture
- Paul’s Ascent to Paradise. Guest Post by James Tabor August 28, 2020
- What Did Ancient People Think (a) God Was? March 5, 2020
- How Were People Crucified? January 15, 2020
- Heaven and Hell in a Nutshell December 15, 2019
- Why Are Their Differences in the Gospels? Does it Affect Their Inspiration? Guest Post by Mike Licona December 10, 2019
- Do Matthew and Paul Agree on the Matter Most Important to them Both? July 3, 2020
- How Accurate are our Copies of the Hebrew Bible? July 1, 2020
- Was Jesus Connected with the Dead Sea Scrolls Community? June 30, 2020
- The Importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Understanding Jesus: Readers’ Mailbag June 28, 2020
- What Are The Dead Sea Scrolls? June 23, 2020
- Paul the Misogynist? The Alternative Perspective March 18, 2020
- Paul the Feminist? The Thecla Legends March 17, 2020
- Paul and the Status of Women March 16, 2020
- Jesus Kissing Mary Magdalene: A Bizarre Scene in the Gospel of Philip February 11, 2020
- Was Jesus Intimate with Mary Magdalene? February 4, 2020
Sex and Sexuality in the Bible
- Jesus as Single: An Actual Argument! February 7, 2020
- Was Jesus Intimate with Mary Magdalene? February 4, 2020
- So… WAS Jesus Married? February 3, 2020
- Does the New Testament Condemn “Homosexuals”? December 8, 2019
- Jesus and Sexual Immorality November 24, 2019
- So: Was Luke Luke? January 19, 2020
- Does the Book of Acts Accurately Record Paul’s Teachings? January 17, 2020
- Did *Any* Companion of Paul Write Luke and Acts? January 16, 2020
- Does the Author of Acts Identify Himself? January 13, 2020
- Problems with Thinking That Luke Wrote Luke (and Acts) January 8, 2020
- Randy Alcorn’s Response to Some Blog Criticisms (part 2) June 29, 2020
- How Did We Get The 27 Books of the New Testament? November 18, 2019
- How Did We Get *These* 27 Books in the New Testament? October 4, 2019
- Constantine and the Christian Faith: My Fourth Smithsonian Lecture May 2, 2019
- Eternal Torment Even for Christians? January 14, 2019
- Did Some *One* Forge the Writings of “John”? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez May 19, 2020
- Problems with Thinking the “Letters of John” in the NT are Forgeries? Guest Post: Hugo Mendez May 18, 2020
- Are the Gospel and Epistles of John *Forgeries*?? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez May 12, 2020
- The More Scholarly Argument that Paul did Not Write Colossians January 11, 2020
- Problems with Thinking That Luke Wrote Luke (and Acts) January 8, 2020
- Some Intriguing Selections from the Gospel of Peter September 25, 2020
- A Very Odd Saying of Jesus September 24, 2020
- Jesus’ Twin Brother? Really? Readers’ Mailbag September 21, 2020
- The Calm and Collected Jesus September 7, 2020
- What Is the Unforgivable Sin? Readers’ Mailbag. August 27, 2020
- Paul’s Ascent to Paradise. Guest Post by James Tabor August 28, 2020
- Will “All Israel” Be Saved? Really? Guest Post by Jason Staples August 3, 2020
- When Paul Says “Israel” Does He Mean “The Jews”? Guest Post by Jason Staples July 28, 2020
- Did Paul Really Think “All Israel Will Be Saved”? Guest Post by Jason Staples July 24, 2020
- Do Matthew and Paul Agree on the Matter Most Important to them Both? July 3, 2020
- Gospel Questions and Problems September 13, 2020
- Jesus’ Death in Mark and Luke: Why Don’t They Agree? September 10, 2020
- The Calm and Collected Jesus September 7, 2020
- Two More Answers from My Pop Quiz September 2, 2020
- Does Basic Information about the NT *Matter*? My Pop Quiz August 30, 2020
- Did Some *One* Forge the Writings of “John”? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez May 19, 2020
- Problems with Thinking the “Letters of John” in the NT are Forgeries? Guest Post: Hugo Mendez May 18, 2020
- Are the Gospel and Epistles of John *Forgeries*?? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez May 12, 2020
- Was There One Author Behind the Four Johannine Writings? A Community? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez May 11, 2020
- WAS there a Community behind the Gospel and Letters of John? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez May 5, 2020
- Why Do Are So Many Textual Critics Evangelicals? Readers’ Mailbag. July 26, 2020
- Reminder! A Webinar for You? Topic: Do We Have the Original New Testament? June 18, 2020
- Interested in a Webinar? Topic: Do We Have the Original New Testament? June 10, 2020
- Would It Matter If It HAD BEEN a First-century Copy of Mark? A Surprising Answer in the Readers’ Mailbag May 29, 2020
- What I Do Argue in Misquoting Jesus April 27, 2020
- Some Intriguing Selections from the Gospel of Peter September 25, 2020
- A Very Odd Saying of Jesus September 24, 2020
- And Now: The Gospel of Peter! September 23, 2020
- Jesus’ Twin Brother? Really? Readers’ Mailbag September 21, 2020
- The Secret Message of the Gospel of Thomas September 17, 2020
- How I First Learned About the Gospel of Judas Iscariot July 20, 2020
- Slurs Against Religious Opponents and Makin’ Stuff Up July 15, 2020
- How Did We Get *These* 27 Books in the New Testament? October 4, 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
History of Christianity (100-300CE)
- What Is Gnosticism? August 2, 2020
- Did Early Christian Heretics Promote Outrageous Sex Rituals? July 14, 2020
- The Outrageous Immorality of Early Christians (!) (?) July 12, 2020
- Did the Benefits of the Christian Community Win Converts? Readers’ Mailbag. July 10, 2020
- Want To Know About the Apostolic Fathers? January 22, 2020
Jews and Christians in Antiquity
- Will “All Israel” Be Saved? Really? Guest Post by Jason Staples August 3, 2020
- When Paul Says “Israel” Does He Mean “The Jews”? Guest Post by Jason Staples July 28, 2020
- Did Paul Really Think “All Israel Will Be Saved”? Guest Post by Jason Staples July 24, 2020
- Why Do Christians Try to Convert People? January 2, 2020
- Heightened Opposition to Jews in Early Christianity July 5, 2019
- Jesus “Sweating Blood”: Which Text Would *Scribes* Have Preferred? March 13, 2020
- What Did Ancient People Think (a) God Was? March 5, 2020
- Paul’s Incredibly High Christology March 2, 2020
- A Fuller Exposition of the Christ Poem in Philippians February 28, 2020
- Did Paul Think Jesus Was a New Adam, Not a Divine Being? February 24, 2020
- The Opening Section of the Gospel of Judas August 7, 2020
- What is the Gospel of Judas About? August 5, 2020
- Sethian Gnostics and the Gospel of Judas August 4, 2020
- What Is Gnosticism? August 2, 2020
- How I First Learned About the Gospel of Judas Iscariot July 20, 2020
- Inclusive Language in Bible Translation? September 20, 2020
- Translating the Bible (and other ancient texts) September 18, 2020
- Does Basic Information about the NT *Matter*? My Pop Quiz August 30, 2020
- The Flukes of Life and My Teaching Career August 20, 2020
- Why Is This Happening To Us? July 8, 2020
- Did Some *One* Forge the Writings of “John”? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez May 19, 2020
- Problems with Thinking the “Letters of John” in the NT are Forgeries? Guest Post: Hugo Mendez May 18, 2020
- Are the Gospel and Epistles of John *Forgeries*?? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez May 12, 2020
- Was There One Author Behind the Four Johannine Writings? A Community? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez May 11, 2020
- WAS there a Community behind the Gospel and Letters of John? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez May 5, 2020
- All Day Seminar (Online) for the Smithsonian: This Saturday! September 9, 2020
- What Is the Unforgivable Sin? Readers’ Mailbag. August 27, 2020
- Smith-Pettit Lecture – The History of Heaven and Hell August 21, 2020
- Bart’s Latest Attack on Christianity by Randy Alcorn June 21, 2020
- Live Event on Wednesday Evening, May 6! May 5, 2020
- The Coming Armageddon: I Need Some Suggestions! November 12, 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
- 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
- Inclusive Language in Bible Translation? September 20, 2020
- “The Case for Christ”? The New Testament Review Podcast August 19, 2020
- A Podcast of Interest to You! Guest post by Ian Mills and Laura Robinson August 14, 2020
- Proving the Bible Is True: The Museum of the Bible. Guest Post by Cavan Concannon July 17, 2020
- Are Bible Translators Consistent? Readers’ Mailbag June 5, 2020
- Two More Answers from My Pop Quiz September 2, 2020
- Does Basic Information about the NT *Matter*? My Pop Quiz August 30, 2020
- My Faux Pop Quiz this Semester August 26, 2020
- My Early Christian Apocrypha Seminar August 24, 2020
- Jesus in Scholarship and Film August 16, 2020
- 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
- The Remarkable Story of Masada: Guest Post by Jodi Magness May 27, 2020
- Academic Fraud at the Highest Levels May 24, 2020
- Startling and Disturbing Development Involving Manuscripts at the Museum of the Bible October 15, 2019
- Why Was the World Created in 4004 BC? July 1, 2019
- The Hobby Lobby, Biblical Manuscripts, and Academic Scandal June 25, 2019
- Randy Alcorn’s Response to Some Blog Criticisms (part 2) June 29, 2020
- Bart’s Latest Attack on Christianity by Randy Alcorn June 21, 2020
- What I Do Argue in Misquoting Jesus April 27, 2020
- Misquoting Misquoting Jesus April 26, 2020
- Why Do Smart People Make Stupid Arguments? February 9, 2020
- An Unusual Podcast Interview with a Muslim about How I Debate. Check This One Out! September 11, 2020
- Views of Suffering Among Those Who Suffer June 3, 2020
- If We Did Have the “Original” Gospels, Would That Make Them True? May 31, 2020
- Do We NEED to Suffer? The Argument from Tectonic Plates April 21, 2020
- Is the Bible Inspired by God? Guest Post by Evangelical Apologist Mike Licona November 17, 2019
- Paul’s Ascent to Paradise. Guest Post by James Tabor August 28, 2020
- Smith-Pettit Lecture – The History of Heaven and Hell August 21, 2020
- Christianizing the Old Testament and the Museum of the Bible: Guest Post by Jill Hicks-Keeton July 21, 2020
- Proving the Bible Is True: The Museum of the Bible. Guest Post by Cavan Concannon July 17, 2020
- New Book on Museum of the Bible: Guest Post by the Editors Jill Hicks-Keeton and Cavan Concannon July 13, 2020
- How I Do My Research September 3, 2020
- The Flukes of Life and My Teaching Career August 20, 2020
- Getting a PhD in New Testament Studies May 13, 2020
- A Powerful Film and Some Raw Emotions May 10, 2020
- My Doubts about the Son of God: A Blast from the Past March 16, 2019
- Inclusive Language in Bible Translation? September 20, 2020
- Translating the Bible (and other ancient texts) September 18, 2020
- Does Basic Information about the NT *Matter*? My Pop Quiz August 30, 2020
- The Flukes of Life and My Teaching Career August 20, 2020
- Why Is This Happening To Us? July 8, 2020
- An Unusual Podcast Interview with a Muslim about How I Debate. Check This One Out! September 11, 2020
- Smith-Pettit Lecture – The History of Heaven and Hell August 21, 2020
- Reason and Theology – Heaven, Hell and the Afterlife July 7, 2020
- My Interview with Erstwhile-Evangelist-Now-Secular-Humanist Bart Campolo May 20, 2020
- Live Event on Wednesday Evening, May 6! May 5, 2020
- Gospel Questions and Problems September 13, 2020
- An Unusual Podcast Interview with a Muslim about How I Debate. Check This One Out! September 11, 2020
- All Day Seminar (Online) for the Smithsonian: This Saturday! September 9, 2020
- More Member Publications! August 31, 2020
- Smith-Pettit Lecture – The History of Heaven and Hell August 21, 2020
- The Outrageous Immorality of Early Christians (!) (?) July 12, 2020
- Did the Benefits of the Christian Community Win Converts? Readers’ Mailbag. July 10, 2020
- Was Christianity a Missionary Religion with No Missionaries? January 4, 2020
- 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
Early Christian Writings (100-400 CE)
- Our Most Important Gospel from Outside the NT: The Gospel of Thomas September 14, 2020
- My Early Christian Apocrypha Seminar August 24, 2020
- The Opening Section of the Gospel of Judas August 7, 2020
- Sethian Gnostics and the Gospel of Judas August 4, 2020
- When I Learned the Gospel of Judas Had Been Discovered July 22, 2020