Merry Christmas Bart, from a long-time blog member and fan. I have a question that is off-topic but it's really…
It wasn’t an angelic messenger who made the heavenly pronouncement at the Baptism (Mk 1:11//Mt 3:17//Lk 3:22), but the actual…
In his sermon this morning, the priest at our church compared the word “overshadow”(“episkiásei”) (he didn't cite the Greek- I…
Is there any historical or biblical data suggesting that Jesus was born on the 25th of December? Everything I have…
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Ironic that many of those claiming persecution for celebrating Christmas ignore some of the major points of the story, like…
How about within the Jewish community itself in New Testament times? Was it considered an obligation to help provide for…
Dear Bart. In the hypothetical case of you deciding, at some point, that you still wanted to believe in God…
Dear Prof. Ehrman, As important a question as whether Nazareth existed is whether the Baptism by John happened. What are…
I was reading about recent analysis of what Nazareth was like in the time of Jesus. Evidently, the community was…