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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.
- Yet Other Apocryphal Books October 22, 2018
- More Apocrypha: A Letter of Jeremiah, (Fascinating) Additions to Daniel, and 1 Maccabees October 19, 2018
- More Books of the Apocrypha: Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, and Baruch October 17, 2018
- Some of the Apocrypha: Tobit, Judith, and Additions to Esther October 16, 2018
- What Is the Apocrypha (of the Old Testament)? October 15, 2018
Greco-Roman Religions and Culture
- A Forger Fooled By Forgery April 22, 2018
- The Surprising Understanding of Gender in the Ancient World March 5, 2018
- Did Romans Allow Jews to Bury Crucified Victims? Readers’ Mailbag January 1, 2018 January 1, 2018
- Decent Burials for Crucified Victims: A Blast From the Past October 20, 2017
- Too Much Money and the Afterlife September 11, 2017
- Were First-Century Jewish Boys Taught to Read and Write? November 28, 2018
- Pilate, Who Never “Learned His Lesson” January 22, 2018
- Pontius Pilate: A Sensitive Guy…. January 21, 2018
- Did Romans Allow Jews to Bury Crucified Victims? Readers’ Mailbag January 1, 2018 January 1, 2018
- Decent Burials for Crucified Victims: A Blast From the Past October 20, 2017
- Were There *Other* Virgin Births in Antiquity? December 30, 2018
- The Birth of Jesus in Matthew December 12, 2018
- The Birth of Jesus in Luke December 10, 2018
- What Can We Know about Jesus’ Birth? December 9, 2018
- Did Jesus Write Anything in the New Testament? December 7, 2018
- Jews and Gentiles in Paul’s Churches November 2, 2018
- Did Paul Belief in that the Fleshly Body Would be Resurrected October 14, 2018
- Is There Sarcasm in the New Testament? August 5, 2018
- Are Matthew and Paul at Odds on the Most Important Issue? July 10, 2018
- Does the Book of Acts Portray the *Teachings* of Paul Accurately? June 18, 2018
- Were There *Other* Virgin Births in Antiquity? December 30, 2018
- Was Jesus Born of a Virgin in the Gospel of John? December 28, 2018
- Does Mark’s Gospel Actually *Deny* the Virgin Birth? December 27, 2018
- The Gospel of Luke without a Birth Story December 24, 2018
- Did Luke Originally Tell the Birth Story? December 23, 2018
Acts, Catholic Epistles, Revelation
- How Would an Early Christian “Know” Which Books Peter Wrote? December 18, 2018
- The Books of Peter December 17, 2018
- Could Peter Have “Written” 1 and 2 Peter Some Other Way? November 30, 2018
- Seriously. How Many People in Antiquity Could Write? November 27, 2018
- Who Wrote 1 Peter? November 26, 2018
- What *Greek* Version of the New Testament Do I Use? January 13, 2019
- Fundamentalist Arguments Ad Absurdum about the “Original” Text of the NT January 6, 2019
- Did Jesus Write Anything in the New Testament? December 7, 2018
- Finishing my Dissertation August 17, 2018
- The Core of My Dissertation on The Gospel Quotations of Didymus the Blind August 15, 2018
- Was the Apocalypse of Peter Originally Part of the New Testament? December 19, 2018
- How Would an Early Christian “Know” Which Books Peter Wrote? December 18, 2018
- The Books of Peter December 17, 2018
- An Intriguingly Legendary Account of Jesus’ Death December 5, 2018
- A Gospel Written by Joseph of Arimathea! December 4, 2018
- Is the Didache One Document or Three? December 23, 2017
- The Ethical Teachings of the Didache December 21, 2017
- What Is the Didache? December 20, 2017
- The Loeb Apostolic Fathers: The Challenges (Again) October 31, 2017
- The Apostolic Fathers: Serendipity Strikes October 30, 2017
History of Christianity (100-300CE)
- Deciding on Which Books Should Be in the New Testament November 21, 2018
- How Christianity Grew and Grew November 5, 2018
- Miraculous Conversions in the Book of Acts November 2, 2018
- Who *Was* the First Bishop of Rome? September 17, 2018
- Thomasine Christians and Others, From After the New Testament August 27, 2018
Development of Christian Doctrine
- Who Invented the Idea of a Suffering Messiah? April 8, 2018
- Early Christology: How I Changed My Mind March 2, 2018
- Did They Crucify the Wrong Guy? Jesus’ Identity Switch. December 27, 2017
- Did Jesus’ Death Matter? The Intriguing View of the Coptic Apocalypse of Peter December 26, 2017
- Are Jews and Christians Monotheists? Mailbag October 15, 2017 October 15, 2017
- 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
- Christmas Reflection 2018 December 25, 2018
- Last Minute Christmas Presents!! December 22, 2018
- Seriously. How Many People in Antiquity Could Write? November 27, 2018
- Thanksgiving Musings 2018 November 22, 2018
- Question: How Do I Read Books? November 19, 2018
- Does Eternal Punishment Even Make Sense? January 15, 2019
- Eternal Torment Even for Christians? January 14, 2019
- The Happy News! No One Stays In Hell! January 11, 2019
- Did Early Christians Believe in Reincarnation? January 9, 2019
- Did We Exist Before We Were Born? January 8, 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
- Weekly Readers Mailbag: February 13, 2016 February 13, 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
- The Digital Bible (by Jeff Siker) October 21, 2018
- Redaction Criticism of the Gospels December 1, 2017
- Translating the Apostolic Fathers: A Blast from the Past October 27, 2017
- Problems with Some Bible Translations, including the King James: A Blast from the Past September 4, 2017
- Lecture at Washington & Jefferson College July 26, 2017
- 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
- Illuminating Exercises: The Position Paper Assignments for My NT Greek Class January 20, 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
- The Pope and the Lord’s Prayer December 10, 2017
- Bart Ehrman discusses the Apocalypticist July 27, 2016
- Some Comments on the Gospel of John: (Based on John Spong’s Book). A Blast from the Past June 12, 2016
- New Archaeological Discoveries and the Bible! Readers Mailbag April 16, 2016 April 16, 2016
- Christians, Muslims, and God: Wheaton College in the News December 21, 2015
- My Testier Days: A Response to a Critique of How Jesus Became God April 17, 2018
- A Privileged View of Suffering March 11, 2018
- Why Differences and Discrepancies Matter Theologically/Religiously February 16, 2018
- The Skeletal Remains of Yehohanan: Readers Mailbag October 8, 2017 October 8, 2017
- Charges and Anti-Supernatural Biases! Readers Mailbag August 6, 2017 August 6, 2017
- Past and Present: One of My Debates with Dinesh D’Souza June 2, 2018
- We Do *NOT* Have a First-Century Copy of the Gospel of Mark May 24, 2018
- Ehrman & Licona: Are the Gospels Historically Reliable? Part 2 March 24, 2018
- Ehrman & Licona: Are the Gospels Historically Reliable? Part 1 March 18, 2018
- Ehrman vs Licona Debate on the Resurrection November 10, 2017
- My Pod Cast Interview with Sam Harris January 4, 2019
- The New Edition of My New Testament Textbook October 23, 2018
- How I Take Notes on What I Read for a Trade Book September 23, 2018
- Writing a Historical-Critical Textbook that Isn’t *Critical* September 20, 2018
- Opportunity Knocking: A Chance to Read a Draft of My Book September 14, 2018
- 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
- How Changing My Views Affected My Relationships September 17, 2017
- Christmas Reflection 2018 December 25, 2018
- Last Minute Christmas Presents!! December 22, 2018
- Seriously. How Many People in Antiquity Could Write? November 27, 2018
- Thanksgiving Musings 2018 November 22, 2018
- Question: How Do I Read Books? November 19, 2018
- My Pod Cast Interview with Sam Harris January 4, 2019
- Past and Present: One of My Debates with Dinesh D’Souza June 2, 2018
- My Life! An Interview with Frank Statio on “The State of Things” May 13, 2018
- Q&A with Bart on The Heretic Happy Hour April 16, 2018
- The Thinking Atheist Interview: The Triumph of Christianity April 10, 2018
- My Pod Cast Interview with Sam Harris January 4, 2019
- Hey, They’re Free! Memberships Still Available for Those Who Can’t Afford Them January 3, 2019
- My Research Goals for 2019 January 1, 2019
- Blog Year in Review, 2018 December 31, 2018
- Free Memberships for Those Who Need Them! December 11, 2018
Other Early Christian Writings
- Now, The Gospel of Peter November 16, 2018
- Introducing the Apocalypse of Peter November 12, 2018
- A Very Perplexing Question November 11, 2018
- Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library and Some Crucial Missing Parts! October 30, 2018
- What Was Discovered in the Nag Hammadi Library? August 20, 2018