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Jesus’ Birth as “The Fulfillment of the Prophecies”
Published: 14/12/2018Here I continue my reflections on the birth narratives in the New Testament, with a post on an important aspect of Matthew’s account, central to its claims. One of the most distinctive aspects o ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Another Chance: Donating Free Memberships
Published: 8/12/2018In years past, when I’ve solicited donations to provide free year-long blog memberships to people in need, who really would love to be on the blog but simply cannot afford it because of personal circu ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Did Jesus Write Anything in the New Testament?
Published: 7/12/2018I have mentioned two apocryphal letters forged in the name of Jesus himself, one written to a King Abgar and the other, well, dictated to the cherubim in heaven from the cross. Several readers have a ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org
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An Intriguingly Legendary Account of Jesus’ Death
Published: 5/12/2018Here is some more of the intriguing (later) Gospel, allegedly written by none other than Joseph of Arimathea, the figure who, in the New Testament Gospels, buried Jesus. It is entirely apocryphal of ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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A Gospel Written by Joseph of Arimathea!
Published: 4/12/2018In yesterday’s post on the letter forged in Jesus’ name, allegedly to the king of Edessa Abgar, I mentioned another text in which Jesus is alleged to have written a letter. This one is even stranger. ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Do Any Forgeries Claim to be Written by Jesus?
Published: 3/12/2018I have received an interesting question about ancient forgeries. If we have lots of forgeries in the name of Peter — and lots of others in the names of other apostles: Paul, James, Jude, Thomas ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org
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Could Peter Have “Written” 1 and 2 Peter Some Other Way?
Published: 30/11/2018Here is the last of my three posts digging down deeper into the question of whether Peter would have, or could have, written the books we now call 1 and 2 Peter, composed in highly literate Greek by s ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Were First-Century Jewish Boys Taught to Read and Write?
Published: 28/11/2018In this post I continue to dig down into whether a poor Aramaic-speaking fisherman in rural Galilee could compose a highly sophisticated Greek treatise such as 1 Peter. In my last post I dealt broadl ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Seriously. How Many People in Antiquity Could Write?
Published: 27/11/2018I have received some push-back from readers who object to my view that Simon Peter, Jesus’ disciple, a fisherman from rural Galilee whose native language was Aramaic, living among lower-class people w ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org
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The Situation Behind the (“Forged”) Book of 1 Peter
Published: 25/11/2018I am in the midst of talking about works attributed to Peter, the chief disciple, which have come down to us from the early church. I should be clear, I think each and every one of these writings was ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Deciding on Which Books Should Be in the New Testament
Published: 21/11/2018I am in the midst of a thread in which I explain why it is puzzling that the Apocalypse of Peter did not make it into the New Testament, when the book of 2 Peter did. So far I have talked about both ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org
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