Complete Post Archive in List Format
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- Love Your Neighbor as Yourself. Platinum Post by Marie Wiley (12/29/2020)
- Where is the Virgin Birth in John? (12/28/2020)
- Does the Gospel of Mark Deny a Virgin Birth? (12/27/2020)
- Want To See My New Book Manuscript? A Blog Fundraiser (12/26/2020)
- Christmas 2020 (12/25/2020)
- Was Jesus Born in Bethlehem? Luke’s Version. (12/24/2020)
- Was Jesus Born in Bethlehem? Matthew’s Version…. (12/23/2020)
- Do Christians Have to Believe in the Virgin Birth? (12/20/2020)
- My Article on Christmas in Newsweek: Part 2 (12/19/2020)
- My Article on Christmas in Newsweek (12/17/2020)
- Christmas from a Historical Point of View (12/16/2020)
- A Holiday Season Request! (12/15/2020)
- An Apocryphal Story of Mary’s Conception of Jesus (12/15/2020)
- A Different Account of Joseph and Mary! (12/13/2020)
- Is Suffering a Problem for Those Who Suffer? (12/12/2020)
- How Then Can We Believe? (12/10/2020)
- Facing the Problem of Suffering Head-on (12/9/2020)
- Are You Interested in a Platinum Membership? (12/8/2020)
- Human Suffering and the Christian Faith (12/6/2020)
- My Struggle With Why There Is Suffering (12/5/2020)
- Paul Dictated His Letters: How Does *That* Complicate Finding an Original? (12/3/2020)
- Why Finding an “Original” Text is So Unexpectedly Complicated (12/2/2020)
- What Does It Even Mean to Have an “Original” of An Ancient Writing? (12/1/2020)
- Could Paul’s Letter to the Philippians be TWO Letters? (11/29/2020)
- A Fund-Raising Webinar: What Can We Really Know about the Birth of Jesus?? (11/27/2020)
- Do We Have Paul’s Original Letter to the Philippians? (11/27/2020)
- Thanksgiving 2020 (11/26/2020)
- Christian Manuscripts Used for Magic? (11/25/2020)
- What Really Happened at Jesus’ Trial Before Pilate? (11/23/2020)
- Some Feedback on the New Blog ?? (11/22/2020)
- “Oral” Changes in the Christian Bible? (11/22/2020)
- On Ignorant Critics… (11/20/2020)
- Why Scribes Changed Their Manuscripts (11/19/2020)
- Peter and Mary Magdalene in Competition (11/18/2020)
- Is Mary Magdalene the Founder of Christianity? (11/16/2020)
- Women Apostles in Early Christianity (11/15/2020)
- The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (11/13/2020)
- 666: The Number of the Beast (11/12/2020)
- The Number 666 in the Context of the Book of Revelation (11/11/2020)
- Interested in Volunteering for the Blog? (11/10/2020)
- Luke and Matthew at Odds: The Genealogies (11/9/2020)
- Another Unusual Feature of Matthew’s Genealogy: The Women! (11/8/2020)
- A Numerical Puzzle in Matthew’s Genealogy (11/7/2020)
- Curiosities and Puzzles from the Very First Passage of the New Testament (11/5/2020)
- Ancient Numerical Interpretations of the Bible (11/4/2020)
- Comments on the Blog (11/3/2020)
- Why Do Some People Make Such Bad Arguments for the Superiority of their Religion? (11/2/2020)
- Speaking Event This Thursday and Friday (4 lectures, remote) (11/1/2020)
- Are the Gospels Right? Did Pilate Really Release a Prisoner at Passover? (11/1/2020)
- Where Did the Idea of a “Suffering Messiah” Come From? (10/30/2020)
- How Hard It is To Become an Agnostic…. (10/29/2020)
- Did Jesus’ Disciple John Write the Gospel of “John”? (10/28/2020)
- How Were the Gnostic Gospels Discovered? (10/26/2020)
- How Do Popular Books Get Their Titles? (10/25/2020)
- My Privileged View of Suffering (10/23/2020)
- The Original Blog Post!! Misquoting Misquoting Jesus! (10/22/2020)
- Welcome to the New Blog Site! (10/21/2020)
- Who Would Die for a Lie? (10/12/2020)
- What Happens When Your Beliefs Contradict What You Have To Teach? Readers’ Mailbag (10/11/2020)
- A Major Blog Announcement!! (10/9/2020)
- John, the Bedbugs, and Miracles that Convert (10/8/2020)
- Who Would *Invent* the Idea that Women (?!) Discovered Jesus’ Empty Tomb? (10/7/2020)
- A Celebratory Moment for the Blog (10/5/2020)
- Hard Evidence that the Book of Acts was Written by an Eyewitness? (10/4/2020)
- Why Believe in God? (10/2/2020)
- The Roman Standards Worship Jesus? From the Gospel of Nicodemus (10/1/2020)
- A Gospel of Nicodemus? (9/30/2020)
- Another Important Evangelical Charity: Guest Post by Robin Jones (9/28/2020)
- The Tragedy Behind My Teaching Position (9/27/2020)
- Some Intriguing Selections from the Gospel of Peter (9/25/2020)
- A Very Odd Saying of Jesus (9/24/2020)
- And Now: The Gospel of Peter! (9/23/2020)
- Jesus’ Twin Brother? Really? Readers’ Mailbag (9/21/2020)
- Inclusive Language in Bible Translation? (9/20/2020)
- Translating the Bible (and other ancient texts) (9/18/2020)
- The Secret Message of the Gospel of Thomas (9/17/2020)
- The Gospel of Thomas: Some Basic Information (9/16/2020)
- Our Most Important Gospel from Outside the NT: The Gospel of Thomas (9/14/2020)
- Gospel Questions and Problems (9/13/2020)
- An Unusual Podcast Interview with a Muslim about How I Debate. Check This One Out! (9/11/2020)
- Jesus’ Death in Mark and Luke: Why Don’t They Agree? (9/10/2020)
- All Day Seminar (Online) for the Smithsonian: This Saturday! (9/9/2020)
- The Calm and Collected Jesus (9/7/2020)
- The Earliest Infancy Gospel: Some of the Critical Problems (9/6/2020)
- Jesus as a Boy? The Infancy Gospel of Thomas (9/4/2020)
- How I Do My Research (9/3/2020)
- Two More Answers from My Pop Quiz (9/2/2020)
- More Member Publications! (8/31/2020)
- Does Basic Information about the NT *Matter*? My Pop Quiz (8/30/2020)
- Paul’s Ascent to Paradise. Guest Post by James Tabor (8/28/2020)
- What Is the Unforgivable Sin? Readers’ Mailbag. (8/27/2020)
- My Faux Pop Quiz this Semester (8/26/2020)
- My Early Christian Apocrypha Seminar (8/24/2020)
- At Last. Jesus and the Son of Man. (8/23/2020)
- Smith-Pettit Lecture – The History of Heaven and Hell (8/21/2020)
- The Flukes of Life and My Teaching Career (8/20/2020)
- “The Case for Christ”? The New Testament Review Podcast (8/19/2020)
- How Jesus’ Apocalyptic Teachings Were Changed (even in the NT) (8/17/2020)
- Jesus in Scholarship and Film (8/16/2020)
- A Podcast of Interest to You! Guest post by Ian Mills and Laura Robinson (8/14/2020)
- Did Jesus Think He Would Be the Judge of the Earth? (8/13/2020)
- How Do You Know If Jesus Said That? (8/12/2020)
- A Bit of a Shocker: Jesus and the Son of Man (8/10/2020)
- Who Is the Son of Man? From the Blog Readers’ Mailbag (8/9/2020)
- The Opening Section of the Gospel of Judas (8/7/2020)
- What is the Gospel of Judas About? (8/5/2020)
- Sethian Gnostics and the Gospel of Judas (8/4/2020)
- Will “All Israel” Be Saved? Really? Guest Post by Jason Staples (8/3/2020)
- Apology to the Blog (8/3/2020)
- What Is Gnosticism? (8/2/2020)
- Evangelicals Who Make the World A Better Place. Guest Post by Robin Jones (7/31/2020)
- A Very Odd Story about the Baby Jesus (7/29/2020)
- When Paul Says “Israel” Does He Mean “The Jews”? Guest Post by Jason Staples (7/28/2020)
- Seeing the Gospel of Judas for the First Time (7/27/2020)
- Why Do Are So Many Textual Critics Evangelicals? Readers’ Mailbag. (7/26/2020)
- Did Paul Really Think “All Israel Will Be Saved”? Guest Post by Jason Staples (7/24/2020)
- When I Learned the Gospel of Judas Had Been Discovered (7/22/2020)
- Christianizing the Old Testament and the Museum of the Bible: Guest Post by Jill Hicks-Keeton (7/21/2020)
- How I First Learned About the Gospel of Judas Iscariot (7/20/2020)
- Why Would An Atheist Teach the Bible? Readers’ Mailbag (7/19/2020)
- Proving the Bible Is True: The Museum of the Bible. Guest Post by Cavan Concannon (7/17/2020)
- Slurs Against Religious Opponents and Makin’ Stuff Up (7/15/2020)
- Did Early Christian Heretics Promote Outrageous Sex Rituals? (7/14/2020)
- New Book on Museum of the Bible: Guest Post by the Editors Jill Hicks-Keeton and Cavan Concannon (7/13/2020)
- The Outrageous Immorality of Early Christians (!) (?) (7/12/2020)
- Did the Benefits of the Christian Community Win Converts? Readers’ Mailbag. (7/10/2020)
- Would You Like a Free Three-Month Membership to the Blog? (7/9/2020)
- Publications By Blog Members! 7.9.20 (7/9/2020)
- Why Is This Happening To Us? (7/8/2020)
- Reason and Theology – Heaven, Hell and the Afterlife (7/7/2020)
- An Intriguing New Documentary: The Search – Manufacturing Belief (7/6/2020)
- Are You Willing to Donate a Free Membership (or more) To Someone Who Needs It? (7/5/2020)
- Do Matthew and Paul Agree on the Matter Most Important to them Both? (7/3/2020)
- How Accurate are our Copies of the Hebrew Bible? (7/1/2020)
- Was Jesus Connected with the Dead Sea Scrolls Community? (6/30/2020)
- Randy Alcorn’s Response to Some Blog Criticisms (part 2) (6/29/2020)
- The Importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Understanding Jesus: Readers’ Mailbag (6/28/2020)
- Do You Have Advanced Training In any of the Blog’s Fields? (6/26/2020)
- Randy Alcorn Explains His Review In Light of Readers’ Comments (6/26/2020)
- Did You Register for the Webinar on Sunday? (6/25/2020)
- How Do We Interpret the Beatitudes? Guest Post by Julius-Kei Kato (6/24/2020)
- What Are The Dead Sea Scrolls? (6/23/2020)
- Blog Member Publications! 6.22.2020 (6/22/2020)
- Bart’s Latest Attack on Christianity by Randy Alcorn (6/21/2020)
- A Plea for Humility in the Face of the Universe (6/19/2020)
- Reminder! A Webinar for You? Topic: Do We Have the Original New Testament? (6/18/2020)
- Weren’t Jesus’ Followers Armed and Eager to Fight in the Garden of Gethsemane? (6/17/2020)
- Doesn’t Jesus’ “Cleansing of the Temple” Show He Wanted a Military Uprising? (6/16/2020)
- Did Jesus Favor Armed Rebellion Against Rome? (6/15/2020)
- Have You Written Something You Would Like To Advertise on the Blog? (6/14/2020)
- Did the Gospel Writers Invent Barabbas? Readers’ Mailbag (6/12/2020)
- Interested in a Webinar? Topic: Do We Have the Original New Testament? (6/10/2020)
- Yet Other Accounts Of the Death of Judas (6/9/2020)
- But How Did Judas Die? (6/8/2020)
- Two Ancient Jesuses and the Current Crises (6/7/2020)
- Are Bible Translators Consistent? Readers’ Mailbag (6/5/2020)
- Views of Suffering Among Those Who Suffer (6/3/2020)
- But WHY Did Judas Betray Jesus? (6/2/2020)
- What Did Judas Betray? (6/1/2020)
- If We Did Have the “Original” Gospels, Would That Make Them True? (5/31/2020)
- Would It Matter If It HAD BEEN a First-century Copy of Mark? A Surprising Answer in the Readers’ Mailbag (5/29/2020)
- The Remarkable Story of Masada: Guest Post by Jodi Magness (5/27/2020)
- Judas Iscariot? What’s an Iscariot?? (5/26/2020)
- Was Judas Iscariot “Made Up”? (5/25/2020)
- Academic Fraud at the Highest Levels (5/24/2020)
- Did Judas Really Betray Jesus? Readers’ Mailbag (5/22/2020)
- Last Chance for Webinar! (5/21/2020)
- My Interview with Erstwhile-Evangelist-Now-Secular-Humanist Bart Campolo (5/20/2020)
- Did Some *One* Forge the Writings of “John”? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez (5/19/2020)
- Problems with Thinking the “Letters of John” in the NT are Forgeries? Guest Post: Hugo Mendez (5/18/2020)
- A Bart Ehrman Webinar: How We Got the New Testament! (5/17/2020)
- Did Paul Know that Judas Betrayed Jesus? Readers’ Mailbag! (5/15/2020)
- Getting a PhD in New Testament Studies (5/13/2020)
- Are the Gospel and Epistles of John *Forgeries*?? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez (5/12/2020)
- Was There One Author Behind the Four Johannine Writings? A Community? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez (5/11/2020)
- A Powerful Film and Some Raw Emotions (5/10/2020)
- Readers Mailbag: Does Isaiah 53 Predict the Death and Resurrection of Jesus? (5/8/2020)
- Were the Gospels Generally Written for “Communities” of Christians: Guest Post by Hugo Mendez (5/6/2020)
- Live Event on Wednesday Evening, May 6! (5/5/2020)
- WAS there a Community behind the Gospel and Letters of John? Guest Post by Hugo Mendez (5/5/2020)
- Take A Final Exam on the New Testament! (5/4/2020)
- Life after Death in the Bible and Beyond: Webinar with Oxford Press (5/3/2020)
- The Johannine Letters in Sum (5/1/2020)
- What Are The Epistles of John? (4/29/2020)
- Reading the New Testament Letters in CONTEXT (4/28/2020)
- What I Do Argue in Misquoting Jesus (4/27/2020)
- Misquoting Misquoting Jesus (4/26/2020)
- Blog-Related Suggestions for Isolation (4/24/2020)
- The Not Old Better Show – Heaven and Hell Book Interview (4/22/2020)
- Do We NEED to Suffer? The Argument from Tectonic Plates (4/21/2020)
- Is There Any Point To Life? More on Ecclesiastes (4/20/2020)
- What Is The Meaning of Life? The Book of Ecclesiastes (4/19/2020)
- Interested in a Webinar on My Book? (4/17/2020)
- A Good Time for Wisdom! (4/15/2020)
- Q&A on Heaven and Hell (4/14/2020)
- More of the History Behind the Gospel of John (4/13/2020)
- Easter Reflection 2020 (4/12/2020)
- The History Behind John’s Gospel (4/10/2020)
- The Divergent Views of Christ in John (4/8/2020)
- UGH. Lost Comments from April 6 (4/8/2020)
- The Blog Podcast and Some New Protocols (4/7/2020)
- The Social History Behind the Fourth Gospel (4/6/2020)
- Blog Anniversary, 2020! (4/5/2020)
- CORONA CRISIS OFFER: FREE MEMBERSHIPS TO THE BART EHRMAN BLOG! (4/3/2020)
- So What Sources for Jesus’ Life *Were* Used in the Fourth Gospel? (4/1/2020)
- Is The End Today??? (3/31/2020)
- The Most Intriguing Evidence that John Used Sources (3/31/2020)
- Where Did the Gospel of John Get Its Stories? (3/30/2020)
- Fresh Air Interview for Heaven and Hell: Airing Tuesday! (3/29/2020)
- Is This the Same Jesus? John and the Synoptics (part 2) (3/27/2020)
- Comparing John and the Synoptics (3/26/2020)
- Christians Against Christians: Already In the New Testament (3/24/2020)
- Did Paul Really Have *That* Exalted a View of Jesus? (3/23/2020)
- How To Begin with Heaven and Hell: An Excerpt (3/22/2020)
- Hard Times and Using the Blog for Charity (3/20/2020)
- More Free Memberships to the Blog Available (3/20/2020)
- Heaven and Hell Pre-order Offer: Still Valid!! (3/19/2020)
- Paul the Misogynist? The Alternative Perspective (3/18/2020)
- Paul the Feminist? The Thecla Legends (3/17/2020)
- Paul and the Status of Women (3/16/2020)
- Thanks to those who volunteered! (3/16/2020)
- You Lost Me On Hello. A Plea for Expertise (3/15/2020)
- I Need a Volunteer! (3/14/2020)
- Jesus “Sweating Blood”: Which Text Would *Scribes* Have Preferred? (3/13/2020)
- Smithsonian (3/13/2020)
- Lecture Cancellations and Non-Cancellations (so far) (3/11/2020)
- Did Jesus Sweat Blood? “Intrinsic” Evidence for Textual Variants (3/10/2020)
- How Manuscripts Matter for Knowing What an Author Wrote (3/9/2020)
- Intimate Relationships: Nonbelievers and Believers (3/8/2020)
- What Did Ancient People Think (a) God Was? (3/5/2020)
- How Can You Tell If the Text Has Been CHANGED? (3/4/2020)
- Maybe the Passage wasn’t “Original”!! (3/3/2020)
- Paul’s Incredibly High Christology (3/2/2020)
- Authors and the Fiasco of Book Tours (3/1/2020)
- A Fuller Exposition of the Christ Poem in Philippians (2/28/2020)
- Brief Video Promotion of Heaven and Hell (2/25/2020)
- Did Paul Think Jesus Was a New Adam, Not a Divine Being? (2/24/2020)
- Was Christ an Angel, According to Paul? (2/23/2020)
- Fund-Raising Blog Dinner on March 13, Washington D.C. (2/23/2020)
- Buddhist Interview Questions on Suffering (2/21/2020)
- More Buddhist Questions on the Bible (2/20/2020)
- Great Deal on My New Book!! (2/19/2020)
- Interview with Buddhists on the New Testament (2/18/2020)
- How Ancient is the Idea of Christ’s “Incarnation”? (2/17/2020)
- How Do I Get To Know What Is In the Bible? (2/14/2020)
- Heaven and Hell: Press Release!! (2/12/2020)
- Jesus Kissing Mary Magdalene: A Bizarre Scene in the Gospel of Philip (2/11/2020)
- What About Accurately Preserved *Oral* Traditions? (2/10/2020)
- Sacramento Lecture: Cancelled (2/9/2020)
- Raffle Winners! (2/9/2020)
- Why Do Smart People Make Stupid Arguments? (2/9/2020)
- Jesus as Single: An Actual Argument! (2/7/2020)
- Demons and Christians in Antiquity! Guest Post By Travis Proctor (2/5/2020)
- Was Jesus Intimate with Mary Magdalene? (2/4/2020)
- So… WAS Jesus Married? (2/3/2020)
- A “Newly Discovered” “Gospel”: Was Jesus Married with Children? (2/2/2020)
- A Raffle!! Would You Like a Pre-publication Copy of My Book on Heaven and Hell? (1/31/2020)
- Want A Korean Version of My Last Book? (1/30/2020)
- Rapid Fire Questions and Answers on Biblical Manuscripts (1/29/2020)
- Other Interesting Features of the Graphic Introduction to the New Testament (1/28/2020)
- How I Will Write My “Graphic Textbook of the New Testament” (1/27/2020)
- A Graphic Novel (Textbook) on the New Testament! (1/26/2020)
- Volunteers Needed! Readers for Audio Versions of the Posts. You Interested? (1/24/2020)
- Want To Know About the Apostolic Fathers? (1/22/2020)
- Jesus, the Supernatural, and the Historian: Guest Post 2 by James Tabor (1/21/2020)
- Guest Post by James Tabor: The Historian and the Supernatural (1/20/2020)
- So: Was Luke Luke? (1/19/2020)
- Does the Book of Acts Accurately Record Paul’s Teachings? (1/17/2020)
- Did *Any* Companion of Paul Write Luke and Acts? (1/16/2020)
- How Were People Crucified? (1/15/2020)
- Bidding to See My New Book (1/13/2020)
- Two Brief Comments on intriguing topics: the unknowability of God and scholarly subterfuge! (1/13/2020)
- Does the Author of Acts Identify Himself? (1/13/2020)
- A Revelatory Moment about “God” (1/12/2020)
- Did Paul Write Colossians? According to Most Scholars No – Paul did Not Write Colossians (1/11/2020)
- Would You Like to Read My New Book NOW Instead of When It Gets Published??? (1/9/2020)
- Problems with Thinking That Luke Wrote Luke (and Acts) (1/8/2020)
- Once More on the Credibility of Miracles: Guest post by Darren Slade (1/6/2020)
- Did “Luke” Really Write Luke? And the book of Acts? (1/5/2020)
- Misunderstandings??? (1/4/2020)
- Was Christianity a Missionary Religion with No Missionaries? (1/4/2020)
- Why Do Christians Try to Convert People? (1/2/2020)
- Blog Year in Review, 2019! (12/31/2019)
- The Case Against Miracles: Guest Post by John Loftus (12/30/2019)
- End of the Year Final Exam! (12/29/2019)
- The Life and Message of Paul (12/28/2019)
- Why Does Matthew Have the Story of the “Wise Men”? (12/26/2019)
- Christmas 2019 (12/25/2019)
- More on the Case Against Miracles: Michael Shermer Guest Post (12/23/2019)
- The Case Against Miracles (12/22/2019)
- Guided Tours of Heaven and Hell in a Christian Mode (12/21/2019)
- Guided Tours of Heaven and Hell: My Scholarly Book (12/19/2019)
- UpcomingTours, Lectures, and Book Readings (12/18/2019)
- Heaven and Hell in a Nutshell: Getting into the Kernel (12/16/2019)
- Heaven and Hell in a Nutshell (12/15/2019)
- Why Would an Agnostic-Atheist Be A Bible Scholar?? (12/13/2019)
- Update on My Next Book: The Joys of Academic Writing (12/12/2019)
- Why Are Their Differences in the Gospels? Does it Affect Their Inspiration? Guest Post by Mike Licona (12/10/2019)
- Do You Want (and Need) a Free Membership to the Blog? Gift Memberships 2019 (12/9/2019)
- Does the New Testament Condemn “Homosexuals”? (12/8/2019)
- One of the Blog’s Main Charities: Urban Ministries of Durham (12/6/2019)
- An Older Manuscript Controversy about the Dead Sea Scrolls (12/4/2019)
- Final Tribute To Larry Hurtado (12/3/2019)
- Is the Bible Inerrant? Guest Post by Mike Licona (12/2/2019)
- Why Don’t You Just Believe? (12/1/2019)
- Who Was Jesus? (11/29/2019)
- Thanksgiving 2019 (11/27/2019)
- Setting Dates for the Gospels (11/26/2019)
- The Annual Meeting of Biblical Scholars, and ALL Those Books!! (11/25/2019)
- Maybe Jesus DOES Talk about “Homosexuality”? (11/22/2019)
- Do Textual Variants Actually *Matter* For Much?? (11/21/2019)
- Introduction to the Manuscripts of the New Testament (11/19/2019)
- Two More Openings for Blog Dinner in Durham, December 3. Interested? (11/18/2019)
- How Did We Get The 27 Books of the New Testament? (11/18/2019)
- Is the Bible Inspired by God? Guest Post by Evangelical Apologist Mike Licona (11/17/2019)
- Jesus and “Homosexuality” (11/15/2019)
- The Gospel of Thomas and the Other Gospels (11/13/2019)
- The Coming Armageddon: I Need Some Suggestions! (11/12/2019)
- Are Same-Sex Relations Condemned in the Old Testament? (11/11/2019)
- A Synopsis of Each New Testament Book (11/10/2019)
- Blog Fund-Raising Dinner, December 3 (11/8/2019)
- One C. S. Lewis Writing I Relate To (11/7/2019)
- What Is the New Testament? A Broad Overview (11/5/2019)
- Losing *Your* Faith? (11/4/2019)
- Sex and Gender in the Ancient World (11/4/2019)
- Why I’m To Be Pitied for Being the Wrong *Kind* of Fundamentalist! (11/3/2019)
- Women Are To Be Silent and Submissive! (10/30/2019)
- Why Women Are To Be Subservient to Men (10/29/2019)
- What Does the Name Judas “Iscariot” Mean? (10/28/2019)
- Video Debate with Peter Williams: Can We Trust the Gospels (10/27/2019)
- The Quest for the Historical … Judas Iscariot (10/25/2019)
- Can My Undergraduate Students Continue Believing the Bible is Inerrant? (10/24/2019)
- Who Would Invent the Story of Women at the Tomb?? (10/22/2019)
- A New Way of Explaining Contradictions in an “Inerrant” Bible (10/21/2019)
- Modern Evangelical Christian Apologetics (10/20/2019)
- But the Women Who Did *NOT* Doubt the Resurrection (10/16/2019)
- Startling and Disturbing Development Involving Manuscripts at the Museum of the Bible (10/15/2019)
- Why Would Jesus’ Disciples Doubt the Resurrection? (10/14/2019)
- More Free Memberships Available, 2019 (10/13/2019)
- Crazy Things Textual Scholars Say (10/13/2019)
- My Trip To Rome: Interested in Joining? (10/12/2019)
- Did God Want Us To Have His Word? (10/11/2019)
- What I think of the Bible as Both a Critical Scholar and A Christian: Guest Post by Judy Siker (10/9/2019)
- Misconstruing My Words. Can We Know What the Authors of the New Testament Originally Said? (10/8/2019)
- Modern Defenders of the Faith: Why Not Just Tell the Truth? (10/7/2019)
- Who Wrote the Pentateuch? The JEDP Hypothesis (10/6/2019)
- Blog Dinner in Chicago (Oct. 18): Full! (10/4/2019)
- How Did We Get *These* 27 Books in the New Testament? (10/4/2019)
- Blog Dinner, Chicago IL, Friday October 18 (10/2/2019)
- How Can You Still Believe? Guest Post by Judy Siker (10/2/2019)
- If the Old Testament is Not Accurate — Where Did Israel Come From? (10/1/2019)
- Did The Israelites Really Conquer Canaan? (9/30/2019)
- Is It Ever Right to Lie? Or Was It? Even in Early Christianity? The Relevance for Forgery. (9/29/2019)
- Why It Is Hard To Publish a Translation of an Ancient Text (9/29/2019)
- My Speaking Schedule for this Academic Year (so far) (9/27/2019)
- Hey! Wanna Go With Me To Rome ? (9/25/2019)
- A Recent Argument that Ancient Pseudepigraphy Was NOT Deceptive (or Meant to Be) (9/24/2019)
- What Motivated Some Ancient Authors to Lie About Themselves? (9/23/2019)
- My Approaching Birthday (9/22/2019)
- How Many Books in the New Testament Were Forged? (9/20/2019)
- Were Ancient Readers Interested in Detecting Forgeries? (9/18/2019)
- My Lecture in Quebec: Did Ancient Authors Try To Deceive Their Readers? (9/17/2019)
- A New and Important Book on the Bible (9/16/2019)
- My Conference on Pseudepigraphy (9/15/2019)
- Did the Exodus Happen? (9/13/2019)
- Now: Literary Inconsistencies in the Old Testament (9/11/2019)
- What About the Original *Old* Testament? (9/10/2019)
- Some Pitfalls of Writing for a General Audience (9/9/2019)
- Why Don’t More Scholars Write Trade Books? (9/8/2019)
- How Did We Get Chapters and Verses? (9/6/2019)
- A Readable Edition of the “Lost” (i.e. non-canonical) Gospels (9/4/2019)
- The Scholarly Edition of the Apocryphal Gospels (9/3/2019)
- Why It’s Hard to Publish a Translation: Blast from the Past (9/2/2019)
- Can We Reconstruct the Entire New Testament from Quotations of the Church Fathers? (9/1/2019)
- Did Superior Health Care Lead to the Dominance of Christianity? (8/28/2019)
- On Producing a New Translation of Ancient Texts (8/27/2019)
- My Two Books on Forgery (8/26/2019)
- Writing Scholarly and Popular Books on the Same Topic (8/25/2019)
- Does Isaiah 53 Predict Jesus’ Suffering and Death or Has Isaiah 53 Been Debunked? (8/23/2019)
- An Opening for the Blog Dinner NYC August 27 (8/22/2019)
- Does Your Soul Go To Heaven? (8/21/2019)
- An Alternative View of Suffering and the Idea of Resurrection (8/20/2019)
- Resurrection from the Dead: Were Jews Influenced by Zoroastrianism? (8/19/2019)
- Learning New Things (8/18/2019)
- Blog Dinner for NYC Full! (8/16/2019)
- Join Me In Egypt? Tour in October 2020! (8/16/2019)
- Do You Need a Free Membership? (8/16/2019)
- How Views of the Afterlife Changed (8/14/2019)
- Who Has The Answer For a Happy Afterlife? (8/13/2019)
- Last Minute (well, sort of): Another Blog Dinner Option. NYC, August 27 (8/12/2019)
- An Ancient Author Trying to Justify His Deceit (8/12/2019)
- A Christian Forger Caught in the Act (8/11/2019)
- Blog Dinner in D.C.: Full! (8/9/2019)
- Who Is The Enemy? (8/9/2019)
- Some Very Strange Journeys to Heaven and Hell (8/7/2019)
- Why Did the Author of James Claim to be James in Particular? (8/6/2019)
- Blog Dinner, Washington DC. September 6, 2019 (8/5/2019)
- Is the Author of James Rejecting Paul Himself? (8/5/2019)
- Scribes Who Changed Their Texts on Purpose (8/4/2019)
- The Close Connections of James and Paul (8/2/2019)
- Is James Responding to Paul? (7/31/2019)
- But WHY Doesn’t Torture Hurt?? Guest Post by Stephanie Cobb (7/30/2019)
- My Current Research Projects, 7/2019 (7/29/2019)
- Does James (the Book) Have the Same Concerns as James (the Man)? Part 2 (7/28/2019)
- Does the Book of James Have the Same Concerns as the Historical James? (7/26/2019)
- The Brother of Jesus and the Book of James (7/24/2019)
- How Could Torture Not Hurt?? Guest Post by Stephanie Cobb (7/23/2019)
- Could Most People Write in Antiquity? (7/22/2019)
- Did James Write James? (7/21/2019)
- Is History a Four-Letter Word? (7/19/2019)
- Changing Your Mind. Or Not. (7/17/2019)
- Did It Hurt to Be Martyred? The Surprising Answer. Guest Post by Stephanie Cobb. (7/16/2019)
- Was James the Actual Brother of Jesus? (7/15/2019)
- Is the Book of James Attacking the Teachings of Paul? (7/14/2019)
- One of My Favorite Letters in the New Testament: The Book of James (7/12/2019)
- Sad News From Larry Hurtado (7/10/2019)
- The Legality, Morality, and Scandal of Acquiring Ancient Manuscripts: Guest Post by Jennifer Knust (7/9/2019)
- Christian Manuscripts and Nazi Loot: Guest Post by Jennifer Knust (7/8/2019)
- Tracking Down Stolen Manuscripts: Guest Post by Jennifer Knust (7/7/2019)
- Heightened Opposition to Jews in Early Christianity (7/5/2019)
- When Christians Went on the Attack Against Jews (7/3/2019)
- Is the Qur’an More Reliable than the New Testament? (7/2/2019)
- Why Was the World Created in 4004 BC? (7/1/2019)
- Would You Be Willing To Donate a Membership? (6/30/2019)
- Do You Need a Free Membership? (6/30/2019)
- Is There a Way to Know if a Manuscript is the “Original”? (6/28/2019)
- Flat-out Lies or Willful Ignorance. How Do They Get Away With It? (6/26/2019)
- The Hobby Lobby, Biblical Manuscripts, and Academic Scandal (6/25/2019)
- Finally! Now We Know. The “First-Century Copy” of Mark (6/24/2019)
- Why Christians Needed an Old Testament: Pagan Attacks on the Faith (6/23/2019)
- The Jewish Bible in the Gentile Churches (6/21/2019)
- Feedback on the Blog? (6/19/2019)
- Why Paul Did Not Write 2 Thessalonians: A Final Post (6/18/2019)
- Does Paul Think the End is Coming Soon? Does 2 Thessalonians? (6/17/2019)
- 2 Thessalonians as a Forgery? Does the Author “Write” Like Paul? (6/16/2019)
- Is 2 Thessalonians a Forgery Based on 1 Thessalonians? (6/14/2019)
- How “Jews” Became “Children of the Devil” in the New Testament (6/12/2019)
- Should the Old Testament Even Be in the Bible? (6/11/2019)
- When Were Matthew and Mark First Seen as Scripture: Guest Post on Papias by Stephen Carlson (6/10/2019)
- 2 Thessalonians: When Scholars Began To Doubt It Was Authentic (6/9/2019)
- Did Paul Really Write 2 Thessalonians? (6/7/2019)
- Is There a “Best” Bible Translation Out There? A Blast from the Past (6/5/2019)
- How Do We know When Manuscripts Were Written? Guest Post by Brent Nongbri (6/4/2019)
- Is the Old Testament a Christian Book? (6/3/2019)
- Why Do Christians Have an Old Testament? Another Trade Book. (6/2/2019)
- The Blog Podcast: A Milestone! (5/31/2019)
- God’s Library Part 1: Finding Ancient Christian Manuscripts in Egypt. Guest Post by Brent Nongbri (5/28/2019)
- Interview for “Letters & Politics” on The Triumph of Christianity (5/28/2019)
- An Official Copy of Jesus’ Death Sentence: Another Forgery? (5/27/2019)
- When You Feel Like You’re Talking to a Wall (5/26/2019)
- Was Jesus Perfect? Then How Was He Human?? Guest Post: Jeffrey Siker (5/24/2019)
- Were Miracle Stories Originally in the Gospels? (5/22/2019)
- Being Willing to Accept the Truth (5/21/2019)
- Do My Biases Mean I *Have* to Find Contradictions? (5/20/2019)
- How Jesus Became Perfectly Sinless: Guest Post by Jeff Siker (5/19/2019)
- An Eyewitness to the Crucifixion? Another Modern Forgery (5/17/2019)
- Judging the Debate! (5/15/2019)
- When Did Jesus Become Sinless? (5/14/2019)
- Did Jesus Go to India? A Modern Gospel Forgery. (5/13/2019)
- Contradictions in the Gospels – Rev Matthew Firth’s Final Response (5/12/2019)
- What Kind of Book Was Papias Writing? Guest Post by Stephen Carlson (5/10/2019)
- Wine Flowing in the Kingdom: Guest Post on Papias by Stephen Carlson (5/8/2019)
- Early Christian Liars (5/7/2019)
- Could Christian Forgers Justifying Lying? (5/6/2019)
- Why Did Ancient Christian Forgers Commit Forgery? (5/5/2019)
- Contradictions and Contradictions: Final Response to Matt Firth (5/3/2019)
- Constantine and the Christian Faith: My Fourth Smithsonian Lecture (5/2/2019)
- Death and the Meaning of Life (4/30/2019)
- Similarities and Differences: Which Matter the Most? (4/29/2019)
- Contradictions in the Gospels – Rev Matthew Firth’s Second Response (4/28/2019)
- Paul in Hell. The Apocryphal Apocalypse of Paul. (4/26/2019)
- Papias and the Writers of the New Testament: Guest Post by Stephen Carlson (4/25/2019)
- Why Did Christianity Take Over the World? Smithsonian Lecture 3. (4/23/2019)
- Are These Really Contradictions? My Response to Matt Firth (4/22/2019)
- The Radical Implications of the Resurrection (4/21/2019)
- Why Are the Gospels Anonymous? (4/19/2019)
- Contradictions in the Gospels – Rev Matthew Firth’s Response (4/16/2019)
- Contradictions in the Gospels (4/16/2019)
- What Is a Contradiction? (4/15/2019)
- Who Were The “Pagans” Christians Were Converting? (4/14/2019)
- A Papias Mystery: What Was the Book He Wrote? Guest Post by Stephen Carlson (4/12/2019)
- Fund Raising Event on the Blog: Contradictions in the Gospels?? (4/10/2019)
- Enoch’s Vision of the Realms of the Dead (4/9/2019)
- Christianity’s Most Important Convert: Lecture at the Smithsonian (4/8/2019)
- Jesus “Only” Adopted to be the Son of God? (4/7/2019)
- Papias. How Do We Know His Context? Guest post by Stephen Carlson (4/5/2019)
- The Writings of Papias: Guest Post by Stephen Carlson (4/4/2019)
- A Blog Anniversary! Seven Years! (4/3/2019)
- Revelation as a Blueprint for our Future (4/1/2019)
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- My Very First Post: Do Textual Variants Matter?? (3/31/2019)
- The Odd Modern Way of Reading the Book of Revelation (3/29/2019)
- A Roman Vision of Heaven and Hell (3/27/2019)
- Did Ancient Greeks Invent Heaven and Hell? (3/26/2019)
- Armageddon and American Politics (3/25/2019)
- Did Jesus Pray “Father Forgive Them” from the Cross? (3/24/2019)
- Secular Versions of the Coming Apocalypse (3/22/2019)
- Fundamentalist Visions of the End of the World (3/20/2019)
- Expecting the Apocalypse: My Idea for the Book (3/19/2019)
- An Early Otherworldly Journey (3/18/2019)