Complete Post Archive in List Format
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- Does Luke Get Rid of the Atonement? (7/5/2022)
- How Do You Decide What an Author Actually Wrote? The Last Supper (7/3/2022)
- What Did Jesus Say at the Last Supper? (7/2/2022)
- Which James in Galatians? Platinum Guest Post by Gregory Hartzler-Miller (7/2/2022)
- What’s the Point? Hey, *IS* There a Point? The Book of Ecclesiastes (6/30/2022)
- Digging Deep into Afterlife Journeys (6/29/2022)
- Blog Dinner. London. Tuesday, July 12. Interested? (6/28/2022)
- A Skeptical View of Life … From the Bible! (6/28/2022)
- Yeah, Those Are Contradictions. My Response to Firth. (6/26/2022)
- There Are No Contradictions in the Gospels! The Response by Matthew Firth (6/25/2022)
- Onan the Barbarian: How an obscure Bible character affected reproductive rights. Platinum Guest post by Douglas Wadeson MD (6/24/2022)
- Gospel Contradictions: My Debate with Rev. Matthew Firth (6/23/2022)
- Gold members Q&A for June (6/22/2022)
- Check Out this Play in NYC!! (6/22/2022)
- The Invention of Charity: My Prospectus for the Book (6/21/2022)
- An Interesting Interview on Journeys to Heaven and Hell (6/19/2022)
- My book: Literary Forgery and Counterforgery in Early Christianity! (6/18/2022)
- Are Christian Apologists Just Being Dishonest? What Do YOU Think? (6/16/2022)
- Blog Dinner in London? Interested? (6/15/2022)
- Why Not Just Believe in a *Different* Kind of God? (6/15/2022)
- Time Again: Vote on your favorite Platinum Post (6/14/2022)
- Another Historical Scholar’s Understanding of the Resurrection (6/14/2022)
- Interested in Joining Me on a Tour To Tuscany? (6/12/2022)
- And Did Paul Write 2 Thessalonians? (6/11/2022)
- Controversial Me…. (6/9/2022)
- Did Paul Write “Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians”? (6/8/2022)
- An Even More Unusual Story of What Happens to the Rich… (6/7/2022)
- Lazarus and the Rich Man: What To Do with Wealth (6/5/2022)
- Free Webinar on June 12! Did Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John Actually Write Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? (6/4/2022)
- How Do You Get a Book Published?? (6/4/2022)
- You Mean Everyone (Except the Truly Destitute) Needs to Give? But How Much? (6/2/2022)
- A Christian NDE and the Problem with Being Filthy Rich (6/1/2022)
- Who Buried Moses? Platinum Guest Post by Lou Suarez (5/31/2022)
- Thomas’s Trip to India and the Problem of Wealth (5/31/2022)
- Apologies to Gold/Platinum Members! (5/30/2022)
- A Lively Interview on my New Book “Journeys” (5/29/2022)
- Concerns for the Poor in the Jewish Tradition (5/28/2022)
- What the Earliest *Christians* Thought About Wealth (5/26/2022)
- Shouldn’t the Upper Classes Help the … Upper Classes? (5/25/2022)
- Does Wealth Make You More … Virtuous? (5/24/2022)
- The Critique of the “Very Reverend Robert Barron” (5/22/2022)
- The Problem with “Time Management” (5/21/2022)
- Early Christianity and War. Platinum Guest Post by Daniel Kohanski (5/20/2022)
- Fabulously Rich But Not Attached to the Lucre (?) (5/19/2022)
- The Ancient Argument for Getting Rid of All Your Wealth (5/18/2022)
- Did Christians Invent Charity? (5/17/2022)
- Reflections on Teaching at UNC-Chapel Hill (5/15/2022)
- My Next Three Books! (5/14/2022)
- May Q&A (5/12/2022)
- Demons and Christians in Antiquity: Guest Post by Travis Proctor (5/12/2022)
- I’m Puzzled about Time. Is there a “Present”? (5/11/2022)
- My Debate With Roman Catholic Apologist Jimmy Akin (5/10/2022)
- Do My Research Assistants Do My Work for Me? (5/8/2022)
- Does the Bible Condemn Homosexuality? Recording of The Blog Webinar (5/7/2022)
- The Plausibility of the Fourth Gospel: The Sayings of Jesus. Guest Post by Dennis Folds (5/6/2022)
- What’s Eternal Life Like? Ask Paul… (5/5/2022)
- Eternal Life is in the BODY? Really? (5/4/2022)
- Understanding the Future Resurrection of the Dead… (5/3/2022)
- Why Romans Crucified People and Who Was Crucifixion Reserved For? (5/1/2022)
- What Is the Didache & When Was the Didache Written (5/1/2022)
- Was The Messiah Supposed to Be Born of a Virgin? (5/1/2022)
- Does Isaiah 53 Predict Jesus’ Death and Resurrection? Most-Commented Blog Posts: #1 (5/1/2022)
- Why Paul Persecuted the Christians (4/30/2022)
- Pilate Released Barabbas. Really?? (4/30/2022)
- A Reflection on Easter. My Most-Commented Blog Post: #2 (4/30/2022)
- Why Are The Gospels Called Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? (4/29/2022)
- The Plausibility of the Fourth Gospel: The Chronology of Jesus’s Ministry. Platinum Guest Post by Dennis Folds (4/29/2022)
- A Revelatory Moment about God: Most-Commented Blog Post: #3 (4/28/2022)
- A Full Reply to Mythicist Richard Carrier. Most-Commented Blog Post: #4 (4/27/2022)
- The Religion of a Sixteen-Year Old. Most-Commented Blog Post: #5 (4/26/2022)
- Richard Carrier: A Fuller Reply to His Criticisms, Beliefs, and Claims about Jesus (4/25/2022)
- Was Paul the Founder of Christianity? Or Was it Mary, Peter…or Jesus? (4/24/2022)
- Are Paul and Jesus on the Same Page? Most-Commented Blog Post: #6 (4/24/2022)
- Could Jews Bury Crucified Victims? Most-commented Blog Post: #7 (4/23/2022)
- Why Did Judas Betray Jesus? Most-commented Blog Post: #8 (4/21/2022)
- Reminder! A Free Webinar on Saturday on “The Bible and Homosexuality”! (4/20/2022)
- Burials for the Crucified. Most-commented Blog Post: #9 (4/19/2022)
- Why Was Jesus Crucified: Bart Ehrman Crucifixion Thoughts (4/18/2022)
- 10 Year Anniversary for The Bart Ehrman Blog! (4/18/2022)
- The Blog’s TENTH Year Anniversary!! Most-commented Blog Post: #10: My View of Revelation! (4/18/2022)
- Free Webinar!!! Does the Bible Condemn Homosexuality? (4/17/2022)
- More on Nazareth (Or: Why Non-Archaeologists Should Definitely Not Claim to Be Experts) (4/17/2022)
- Did Nazareth Even Exist in the Days of Jesus? The Weird Claims of Rene Salm (4/16/2022)
- The Book of Genesis, the White Jesus, and Debating the Resurrection: Interview with Seth Andrews (4/14/2022)
- Reminder: You can enter the Blogiversary Lottery! (4/13/2022)
- Gold Members Q&A for April! (4/13/2022)
- Jesus and Sexual Immorality (4/13/2022)
- Did Heretics’ Texts Describe Their Incestuous Rituals? (4/13/2022)
- How Can Paul Say that Jesus Appeared to The Twelve? (4/12/2022)
- Fabrication, Forgery, and Accusations of (Heretical) Christian Licentious Rituals! (4/12/2022)
- Teeth Will Be Provided (4/10/2022)
- Does Paul Know That Judas Iscariot Betrayed Jesus? (4/10/2022)
- Christian Pastors Who Have Lost Their Faith (4/9/2022)
- The Apocalypse of John and the Gospel of Jesus: My Final Thoughts (4/9/2022)
- The Criterion of Dissimilarity (4/8/2022)
- Did Early Christians Believe in Reincarnation? (4/8/2022)
- Matthew’s Fulfillment Citations (4/7/2022)
- We Need A Volunteer to Record Audio Versions of the Blog Posts. Interested? (4/7/2022)
- Are the Teachings of Jesus Realistic? Guest Post by Douglas Wadeson (4/7/2022)
- John of Patmos and the Passion for World Domination (4/6/2022)
- Reminder: My Debate on Saturday. Did the Resurrection of Jesus Really Happen? (4/5/2022)
- O Frabjous Day, Callou Callay (4/5/2022)
- Revelation and Ancient Views of Dominance (4/5/2022)
- Wanna join this month’s book club reading? Check it out! (4/4/2022)
- Understanding the Old Testament! Joshua – 2 Kings as the Deuteronomistic History (4/3/2022)
- Why I Am Not A Christian: Is Bart Ehrman a Christian? (4/2/2022)
- If Revelation is All Symbolic, Why Would the Violence *Matter*? (4/2/2022)
- A LOTTERY!! To CELEBRATE the Blog’s 10-Year Blogiversary! (4/1/2022)
- Did Nazareth Exist? (4/1/2022)
- Do Textual Critics Have to be Radical Skeptics? Guest Post by Kurt Jaros (3/31/2022)
- The Most Violent Passage in Revelation, in My View: (3/30/2022)
- Two of the Most Violent Passages in Revelation (3/29/2022)
- Does Paul Condemn Slavery? The Surprising Answer–Paul and Philemon (3/27/2022)
- What Do You Think? Is There a Reason to Be Religious If There Is No Afterlife? (3/26/2022)
- Is the Sacrificed Lamb of God Violent? More Reflections on Revelation (3/24/2022)
- Is the Apocalypse of John a Book of Hope? (3/23/2022)
- When I First Read the Book of Revelation…. (3/22/2022)
- Vote on your favorite Platinum Post! (3/21/2022)
- When Did the Bible Get Chapters and Verses? (3/20/2022)
- Faith and Inerrancy, In My Case — Did the “Young Ehrman” Get it Wrong? (3/19/2022)
- The “Young Ehrman’s” Faulty Understanding of Inspiration (3/18/2022)
- Upcoming Debate and Possible Blog Breakfast? Anyone in San Diego March 24? (3/17/2022)
- Explanations for Why I Left the Faith (3/17/2022)
- Gold Q & A: March 2022! (3/16/2022)
- Memories of Ukraine. Guest Post by Douglas Wadeson, MD (3/16/2022)
- An Eyewitness Account of Jesus’ Crucifixion! (3/16/2022)
- Debate Announcement! Did the Resurrection of Jesus Really Happen? Two Bible Scholars Debate the Evidence (3/15/2022)
- Want a Recording of Upcoming Ukraine Lecture: “Who Killed Jesus? And Why?” ? (3/14/2022)
- Our Ukraine Fundraiser: For those who can’t afford it and for those who can donate for them (3/14/2022)
- How Luke Rewrote Matthew’s Nativity Story Platinum Guest Post by Dennis J. Folds (3/14/2022)
- Young Jesus with the Brahmins in India! (3/13/2022)
- Fundraiser for Ukraine. Lecture on “Who Killed Jesus? And Why?” (3/12/2022)
- Interested in Going to Rome with Me? (3/12/2022)
- A Humorous Modern Gospel Forgery (3/10/2022)
- Why Date the Gospels after 70 CE? (3/9/2022)
- An Intense Back and Forth on Key Issues (3/8/2022)
- “In the Beginning” (Part 2) (3/6/2022)
- In the Beginning: Myth, Legend, and History in the Book of Genesis (Part 1) (3/5/2022)
- Don’t Forget! Ask Bart Anything: Sunday!! (3/4/2022)
- Sting and Thomas. Guest Post by Evyatar Marienberg (3/3/2022)
- Sting and Pilate. Guest Post by Evyatar Marienberg (3/2/2022)
- Forgery for a Scholarly Audience (3/1/2022)
- Forgery for a General Audience (2/27/2022)
- Ask Bart Anything! Blog Event March 6 (2/26/2022)
- How Would We Know If We Found an “Original” Manuscript? (2/26/2022)
- Platinum Webinar! March 8. Why Is the Apocalypse of Peter Not in the New Testament? (2/25/2022)
- What If Damascus Was In Arabia? Solving a Dilemma in the Life of Paul. Platinum Guest Post by Gregory Hartzler-Miller (2/25/2022)
- Must Jesus Divide Families? Guest post by Douglas Wadeson (2/24/2022)
- Did I Have an Errant View of Inerrancy? (!) Guest Video Post by Kurt Jaros (#5) (2/23/2022)
- February Gold Q&A: Ask your Questions! (2/22/2022)
- Heaven and Hell at the Scholarly Level (for comparison) (2/22/2022)
- Heaven and Hell at the Popular Level (2/20/2022)
- The Messages of Jesus and Paul: Basically the Same or Fundamentally Different? (2/19/2022)
- Jesus and Paul: Are They on the Same Page? (2/17/2022)
- Would Anyone *Invent* the Story of the Women at the Tomb? (2/16/2022)
- (Re)Thinking Everything. Guest Post by Glenn Siepert (2/14/2022)
- My Response to A Book That Responded To My Book: How Jesus Became God (2/13/2022)
- The Heart of Jesus’ Message (2/12/2022)
- Preface to My Book on Revelation: Expecting Armageddon (2/10/2022)
- Still Other Models of Salvation in Paul (2/9/2022)
- Paul’s Models of Salvation: Contradictory or Complementary? (2/8/2022)
- The “Common Era”: Invented to Stop Speculations About the End of the World. Platinum Guest Post by Daniel Kohanski (2/7/2022)
- Paul’s “Participationist” Model of Salvation. (2/6/2022)
- Do We Have Any Reliable Sources for Pontius Pilate? (2/5/2022)
- Are the Teachings of Jesus Realistic? Platinum guest post by Douglas Wadeson (2/4/2022)
- How Did Paul Understand Salvation? The “Judicial” Model (2/3/2022)
- What Was Paul’s Innovation? (2/2/2022)
- What Do You Think? What’s It Mean to Study Religion in a Secular University? (2/1/2022)
- Vote for your favorite Platinum Guest Post! (1/31/2022)
- How Important Was Paul, Actually, For Early Christianity? (1/30/2022)
- Reminder! Live Lectures Tomorrow (Sunday 1/30/2022) (1/29/2022)
- Did Paul Invent Jesus’ Resurrection? (1/29/2022)
- An Old Interview on Fresh Air: How Jesus Became God (1/27/2022)
- Major Perspectives of Ancient Jewish (and Jesus’!) Apocalyptic Views (1/26/2022)
- Where Did the Apocalyptic Views of Jesus (and others) Come From? (1/25/2022)
- Reminder! My Remote Book Event, This Thursday (1/24/2022)
- Are the Gospels Too Early To Have Legends About Jesus? Platinum Guest Post by Bob Seidensticker (1/23/2022)
- The Maccabean Revolt (1/23/2022)
- What Is The Difference Between an Evangelical and a Fundamentalist? (1/22/2022)
- The Prophets of Scripture: A Brief Summary of their Message and Mission (1/20/2022)
- The Message of First Isaiah (1/19/2022)
- Special Live Event: What Book Should I Write Next? (1/18/2022)
- A Particularly Intriguing Podcast Interview: Jesus, the Bible, and Early Christianity (1/18/2022)
- Is the Book of Isaiah the Books of Three “Isaiahs”? (1/16/2022)
- How Can We Understand the Prophets of the Hebrew Bible? Isaiah as a Case Study (1/15/2022)
- Did My Shift in Thinking Destroy my Own Views? Guest Video Post #4 by Kurt Jaros (1/13/2022)
- Aren’t They Predicting the Future? More on the Prophets of the Old Testament (1/12/2022)
- Gold Q&A for January! (1/11/2022)
- They Ain’t Who You Think: Prophets in the Old Testament (1/11/2022)
- The Famous Short Stories about Daniel (1/9/2022)
- Jewish Indifference to Jesus and the Problems it Caused: Guest Post by Dan Kohanski (1/8/2022)
- A New Course to Watch (Live!) Remotely: “In the Beginning” (1/7/2022)
- Did you know that Gold Members can get the full audio feed in their favorite Podcast Player? (1/6/2022)
- How I Begin My Book on Revelation (1/6/2022)
- Did Abraham Actually Do It? Did He Sacrifice His Son Isaac? Platinum Guest Post by Douglas Wadeson (1/5/2022)
- My Pet Peeve: Simplistic Answers to Explain Suffering (1/5/2022)
- Bart Behaving Badly: Podcasts on the Problem of Suffering (1/2/2022)
- End of the Year Assessment: The Blog, 2021 (12/31/2021)
- What I’m Reading These Days. You? (12/29/2021)
- On Misreading The Gospels: Platinum Guest Post by Joel Scheller (12/28/2021)
- The Bible’s Best Known Short Story: Jonah (12/28/2021)
- Gold Q&A (Slight Delay) (12/27/2021)
- Evangelical Support for Misquoting Jesus: Kurt Jaros, Guest Post #3 (12/26/2021)
- Which King of the Jews Do You Prefer? Christmas Message, 2021 (12/25/2021)
- Two Apocryphal Short Stories (12/23/2021)
- A Better Kind of Fundamentalist! (12/22/2021)
- Recording of Platinum Webinar: Six Versions of the Advent of Jesus (12/21/2021)
- If Only I Were the *Right* Kind of Fundamentalist…. (12/21/2021)
- Gold Q&A for December! Ask Away…. (12/19/2021)
- Another Fantastic Scriptural Short Story: Esther (12/19/2021)
- End of the Year Option? (12/18/2021)
- Reminder! Platinum Webinar on Saturday. You Platinums Only! (12/16/2021)
- Terrific or Terrible? What’s Your View of Christmas? (12/16/2021)
- Vote for your Favorite Platinum Guest Post! (12/15/2021)
- Strawmanning Ehrman: Guest Post by Kurt Jaros (12/15/2021)
- A Suggestive Story in the Book of Ruth (12/14/2021)
- Do You Want (and Need) a Free Membership to the Blog? Gift Offer 2021 (12/13/2021)
- A Great Short Story in Scripture: The Book of Ruth (12/12/2021)
- Why Doesn’t Paul Say More about the Historical Jesus? Other Options. (12/11/2021)
- But Why Doesn’t Paul Say More About the Historical Jesus? (12/9/2021)
- An Evangelical Apologist Who *Supports* My Book Misquoting Jesus! (12/8/2021)
- My New Great Courses Offering, Just Out! (12/7/2021)
- What We KNOW about Jesus. Platinum guest post by Dan Kohanski (12/6/2021)
- Blog Platinum Webinar! For You Platinums Only! (12/6/2021)
- Did Paul Know What Jesus Taught? More Reflections (12/5/2021)
- Are You Willing To Donate Blog Memberships to Those Who Can’t Afford It? (12/4/2021)
- An Article about Religious Studies by One of My Undergraduate Students (12/2/2021)
- What Paul Says about Jesus’ Teachings (12/1/2021)
- What Paul Knows about Jesus’ Death, and What Led Up to It (11/30/2021)
- My Final Exam This Semester! The Birth of Christianity. (11/28/2021)
- Did Paul Know Much about the Historical Jesus? (11/27/2021)
- A Thanksgiving Reflection, 2021 (11/25/2021)
- Why Do Fundamentalists Support the State of Israel? (11/24/2021)
- A Rare Opportunity! Want to Read My Book on Revelation (before it’s published)? (11/23/2021)
- Why Cynics Thought Being Poor Was Ironically Better (11/23/2021)
- A Humorous Take on Wealth From a Great Satire of Antiquity (11/21/2021)
- Must Jesus Divide Families? Part 2 of 2. Platinum Guest post by Douglas Wadeson (11/20/2021)
- Should You Give Up All Your Possessions to Be Happy? The Ancient Cynic View (11/20/2021)
- Announcement: Did the Christmas Story Really Happen? Upcoming All-Day Event! (VIDEO) (11/18/2021)
- Jesus the First-Century Tea Partier (11/17/2021)
- Really Riled By O’Reilly (11/16/2021)
- Killing Jesus Is Killing Me…… (11/13/2021)
- Bill O’Reilly, Expert on the Historical Jesus! (11/11/2021)
- God’s Mercy and Justice: The Opening of a Chapter in Journeys to Heaven and Hell (11/10/2021)
- Gold Q&A for November! (11/9/2021)
- Time Magazine Cover Story on Lost Christianities. Kind Of…. (11/9/2021)
- Webinar of Interest? Dune and Islam! How To Understand the Movie. (11/7/2021)
- The Massive Diversity of Early Christianity. My Book: Lost Christianities (11/6/2021)
- How I’ve Changed My Approach To Writing (11/4/2021)
- Those Darn Demons! Guest Post by Douglas Wadeson (11/3/2021)
- Why I Prefer the NRSV (11/2/2021)
- Do I Hold a Grudge against Bruce Metzger? (10/31/2021)
- What Do YOU Think? Does Biblical Scholarship Change, Damage, or Destroy the Claims of Faith? (10/30/2021)
- Announcement: Did Jesus Call Himself God? LIVE Webinar on Nov. 7th, 2021 (VIDEO) (10/28/2021)
- Change the Context, Change the Meaning: The Apocalypse! (10/28/2021)
- A Solution to a Major Anomaly in the Study of Paul: Guest Post by Richard Fellows (10/27/2021)
- How Yahweh of the Israelites Became God of All: Guest Post by Dan Kohanski (10/26/2021)
- Why Would Later Scribes Be Interested In Having Jesus “Sweat Blood”? (10/24/2021)
- How I Opened My Book on Jesus (10/23/2021)
- A New Three-Week Book Club! (10/21/2021)
- Must Jesus Divide Families? Platinum Guest Post by Douglas Wadeson (10/21/2021)
- Starting My New Trade Book on Revelation (10/21/2021)
- Was Jesus in Agony Before His Arrest? The Unexpected Answer in Luke. (10/20/2021)
- Knowing What Jesus Said and Did (10/19/2021)
- Bruce Metzger and My Loss of Faith (10/17/2021)
- Second October Gold Q & A (10/16/2021)
- An Unexpected Argument Against Jesus’ “Sweating Blood” (10/16/2021)
- Jesus in the Face of Death? (10/14/2021)
- Vote for a Platinum Guest Post to Go to the World at Large! (10/13/2021)
- Did Jesus Sweat Blood? Another Problem with the NRSV (10/13/2021)
- Can We Reconstruct the New Testament from the Writings of the Early Church Fathers? (10/12/2021)
- Who Knew? Our Oldest Commentary on the Book of Revelation (10/12/2021)
- Another Problem with the NRSV: Knowing What To Translate (10/10/2021)
- John Shelby Spong: In Memoriam (10/9/2021)
- My Relationship with Bruce Metzger: More on the Personal Side (10/7/2021)
- What Do Translators Translate? It’s Not So Obvious… (10/6/2021)
- What Do YOU Think? The Experience of Death. (10/5/2021)
- A More Serious (Specific) Problem with the NRSV Translation (10/3/2021)
- What Do I Think of the New Revised Standard Version? (10/2/2021)
- Two Gold Q&A’s for October! (9/30/2021)
- Behind the Scenes of the New Revised Standard Version (9/30/2021)
- More of My Work for the NRSV Bible Translation Committee (9/29/2021)
- Why these Caricatures of the Old Testament God? Guest post by Amy-Jill Levine (9/28/2021)
- Did Paul Want to Please the Jerusalem Apostles? Guest post by Richard Fellows (9/26/2021)
- Why and When Did We Get This Canon of the New Testament? (9/25/2021)
- Christian Stereotypes of “the God of the Old Testament.” Marcion is Alive and Well and Well and What To Do About It. Guest Post by Marc Zvi Brettler (9/23/2021)
- How Becoming an Agnostic Affected My Personal Life (9/22/2021)
- Jewish Indifference to Jesus and the Problems It Caused: Platinum Guest Post by Dan Kohanski (9/21/2021)
- Was Peter Crucified Upside Down? (9/21/2021)
- An Impromptu FREEBIE. A Zoom Lecture Tomorrow Morning! (9/20/2021)
- Then Who WAS the First Bishop of Rome (if not Peter)? (9/19/2021)
- Was Peter the First Pope? (9/18/2021)
- Working as a Secretary for the New Revised Standard Version (9/16/2021)
- Jesus’ View of Salvation: Who Can Have Eternal Life? (9/15/2021)
- Jesus and the Coming Destruction: Who, Why, and How? (9/14/2021)
- On the Flipside: The Glorious Salvation of Saints in the Teachings of Jesus (9/12/2021)
- The Horrible Fate of Sinners: Jesus’ Teaching on Gehenna (9/11/2021)
- Reminder: My Public Lecture on the Book of Revelation — This Saturday! (9/10/2021)
- Jesus’s Apocalyptic View of Destruction (9/9/2021)
- Bruce Metzger and My Strange Dissertation Defense (9/8/2021)
- Weird (But Common) Ways To Read the Bible (9/7/2021)
- MORE Assignments on the Birth of Christianity (9/5/2021)
- Student Papers for “The Birth of Christianity” (9/4/2021)
- Was Paul Really at Odds with Peter and James? Guest Post by Richard Fellows (9/2/2021)
- Pop Quiz on Early Christianity (9/1/2021)
- My Syllabus for “The Birth of Christianity” (8/31/2021)
- Platinum apologies: the LINK for the webinar (8/30/2021)
- Recording of our Platinum Webinar: History of Biblical Scholarship (8/29/2021)
- Does God Really Care How He Is Worshiped? The Book of Hosea. (8/29/2021)
- Bruce Metzger and Me: Reminiscences on my Dissertation (8/28/2021)
- On Giving. Platinum Guest Post by Judith Coyle (8/26/2021)
- Reminder: Fund Raiser for Afghanistan on Sunday (8/26/2021)
- Sin and Divine Punishment As a Dominant Theme of Scripture (8/26/2021)
- Israel’s Conquest of the Promised Land: Did Any of That Happen? (8/25/2021)
- Destroy More Others! The Israelites’ Conquest of the City Ai (8/24/2021)
- Fund Raiser for Afghanistan: This Sunday! (8/23/2021)
- God’s Destruction of the “Other”: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho (8/22/2021)
- What Do YOU Think? A Matter of Life and Death (8/21/2021)
- When / If you have a blog problem! (8/20/2021)
- Platinum Members! Vote for your Favorite Platinum Post to Go To the Blog! (8/19/2021)
- Jesus as a Healer: “First: Do No Harm” Platinum Guest Post by Douglas Wadeson (8/18/2021)
- Why Did Paul Think *Faith* Would Bring Salvation? (8/18/2021)
- It’s Coming Soon (8/17/2021)
- The Essence of Religious Literacy: A Christian Perspective. Guest Post by Fredrick Ackun (8/17/2021)
- Is This a God You Want to Worship? Some Horrors of Scripture. (8/15/2021)
- A Blog Event! Want to Join a three-week Blog Book Club?? (8/14/2021)
- Why God Had to Destroy the Outsiders… (8/12/2021)
- Platinum Webinar for August! (8/11/2021)
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- When Belief Dies Guest Post by Sam Devis! (4/6/2021)
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