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Here's an intriguing question I got a while back, with my response. QUESTION: What do you think of the idea symbolized by the Joseph of Arimathea character that there may have been closeted sympathizers or even fellow travelers of the Jesus movement among members of the Sanhedrin? RESPONSE: It’s a good question.  My sense is [...]

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Recently I've talked about "recently discovered Gospels" (e.g.,The Secret Gospel of Mark); and just now I remembered a tempest-in-a-tea-pot breathless announcement made ten years ago about a "new Gospel" that had been discovered that showed Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married with children.  This is NOT the gnostic Gospel of Philip I've talked a number [...]

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I continue here describing my book Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene  (Oxford University Press, 2005), with a final excerpt from the Introduction.  In my previous post I discussed how historical accounts and literary fictions mix in the accounts we have of these three key followers of Jesus.  I pick up from there: ****************************** [...]

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The only book I've written because I wanted to use the title is Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend.  It was a blast to write.  One could argue that in one respect or another these three were historically the most significant followers of Jesus (whether they were in their [...]

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Since I often get asked about topics I've written about, I have been doing a long thread discussing the various books I've published.  For the next several posts I'll talk about my edition of the "Apostolic Fathers Volume 1" and "Apostolic Fathers Volume 2" for the Loeb Classical Library (Harvard University Press, 2003).  The "Loeb" [...]

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A post from 2012 that I had completely forgotten! ****************************** A fascinating news item has appeared in the Smithsonian Magazine. At first it may not be obvious how it connects to Christianity in Antiquity. But I think it does. It is about a watch owned by Abraham Lincoln. Here is the link to the full [...]

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I can't end my discussion of my book Misquoting Jesus without telling one of my favorite publishing stories.  OK ... without *repeating* it.  I've given it on the blog before, but it's been some years.  It was originally a response to a question about how trade books get their titles, and my explanation that "Misquoting [...]

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Is the Bible the inerrant Word of God or a very human book with all the problems that normally entails?  For me, realizing that we don’t have the Bible in its original form was important to my thinking as I moved away believing the Bible had come straight to us from God. I’ve been talking [...]

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I continue now with the backstory of why I wrote my book Misquoting Jesus; up to this point I’ve explained how I became an evangelical Christian and, after high school, made a bee-line for Moody Bible Institute and became interested in understanding how  we got the New Testament – not in the original writings, which [...]

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