That was my understanding, thanks for confirming it. So, do you think that the Jerusalem authorities, both Roman and Israeli,…
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I witnessed the Jesus Movement of the early 1970's in southern California. It was sad to see so many young…
On Were Christians Statistically Insignificant in the First 200 years?
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In game theory “whenever one group wins a struggle, others lose” is referred to as “zero-sum.” However, inferring such one-to-one…
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Hi Bart, in your opinion do the johannine writings/christians agree with James and Paul that good deeds are necessary with…
On Is the Book of James Attacking the Teachings of Paul?
Oh for a time machine! So if we take these figures as a baseline to speculate... 1. Very early on…
On Were Christians Statistically Insignificant in the First 200 years?
Dr. Ehrman, I picked up your 2-volume Apostolic Fathers a couple months ago and have been reading it recently. I…
On My Edition of the Apostolic Fathers
It appears that after Christianity was legitimized by Constantine, and the government began to favor it in some ways, it's…
On Were Christians Statistically Insignificant in the First 200 years?