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How Paul Invented Christianity
Paul made the Jewish leader, Jesus, who expected God’s visitation to save the Jews from foreign oppression, into the saviour of an Hellenistic mystery cult. Paul was the cult leader. He transferred th… more →
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Baptism and Ecumenicity, Part 3: Primarily a Practical Problem?
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dmwilliams83 wrote 4 days ago: To wrap up this discussion of baptism, I return to the set of problems that sent me on this explorat … more →
Baptism and Ecumenicity, Part 2: Some More Historical Perspective
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dmwilliams83 wrote 6 days ago: To recap, in my last post I argued that earliest Christian baptism must be understood in the context … more →
Baptism and Ecumenicity, Part 1: Some Historical Perspective
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dmwilliams83 wrote 1 week ago: The other week I was having coffee with a new-found friend from the Baptist church I have been atten … more →
"In three days, live!": A Book Review of Israel Knohl's "Messiahs and Resurrection in 'The Gabriel Revelation'" (Continuum 2009)
santitafarella wrote 2 weeks ago: Israel Knohl’s book, Messiahs and Resurrection in The Gabriel Revelation, is an important even … more →
The Parallels between Jesus and Attis
krissmith777 wrote 4 weeks ago: There are various versions of the story of Attis who was a god of growth and fertility which was ori … more →
The Truth about Jesus
vhoagland wrote 1 month ago: The Bible Today is a wonderful publication about various aspects of the Bible, published six times a … more →
What's in a (messianic) name?
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Michael wrote 1 month ago: Over at the Forbidden Gospels blog, I just posted a comment in the discussion surrounding “Cre … more →
Messianic Expectations and Jesus' Death: Missing Pieces?
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Michael wrote 2 months ago: April DeConick is picking up the pace with her “Creating Jesus” series with her sixth in … more →
The Importance of the Historical Jesus: A Jesus Project Quodlibet
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rjosephhoffmann wrote 2 months ago: And he asked them, “Who do you say that I am?” (Mark 8.28) For the last three years I ha … more →
Michael Bird and James Crossley on the Origin (s) of Christianity
Celucien Joseph wrote 3 months ago: Check it out. It is worth listening to. I’m not going to tell you who won! … more →
Film: "Birth of a New Religion"
Patrick George McCullough wrote 7 months ago: Bartchy had his survey course, “History of Early Christians,” watch a section of a docum … more →
The Greatest Books Ever?
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adhunt wrote 8 months ago: For at least three of us, the series of books by the Anglican Bishop of Durham, Nicholas Thomas Wri … more →
Book Review: Christian Origins by Jonathan Knight
Patrick George McCullough wrote 9 months ago: I would like to extend my gratitude to Abby at T&T Clark (see their blog) for sending along a fa … more →
In the Mail: Peter Brown's The Body and Society
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Patrick George McCullough wrote 11 months ago: Another thank you is due. I extend my enormous gratitude to Columbia University Press for sending to … more →
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans: Introduction
Benji Overcash wrote 1 year ago: Ἰγνάτιος, ὁ καὶ Θεοφόρος, τῇ ἠλεημένῃ ἐν μεγαλειότητι πατρὸς ὑψίστου καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ μόνου υἱο … more →
Osteen's 'Gospel': It's Timeless
Benji Overcash wrote 1 year ago: I just came across this, and I thought it was both hilarious and frank, so I thought I’d pass … more →
How Paul Invented Christianity
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mikemagee wrote 1 year ago: Paul made the Jewish leader, Jesus, who expected God’s visitation to save the Jews from foreign oppr … more →
Jesus Illigitimate and taken in by the Essenes
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mikemagee wrote 2 years ago: What this boils down to is that the early evidence of Jesus’s birth is that he was illigitimate. It … more →
Mary Magdalene
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mikemagee wrote 2 years ago: Ben Witherington makes these statements in his blog about the Jesus Family Tomb book. He is a profes … more →
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