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Did It Hurt to Be Martyred? The Surprising Answer. Guest Post by Stephanie Cobb.
Published: 16/07/2019One of my most accomplished former students is Stephanie Cobb, now the George and Sallie Cutchin Camp Professor of Bible in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Richmond. While d ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Is the Book of James Attacking the Teachings of Paul?
Published: 14/07/2019Yesterday I began answering a question about the New Testament book of James. The most interesting thing about the book, for most readers, is that it *seems* at least to be attacking a view vigorousl ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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One of My Favorite Letters in the New Testament: The Book of James
Published: 12/07/2019Sometimes the questions I get from readers are short and to the point, but require long answers over a number of posts. Here’s one of the recent ones: QUESTION: Could you write a blog on the b ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org
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The Legality, Morality, and Scandal of Acquiring Ancient Manuscripts: Guest Post by Jennifer Knust
Published: 9/07/2019Here is the final part of Jennifer’s Knust’s quest to trace the history of an intriguing Christian manuscript she came across, suspecting it had come to Duke ultimately as a result of Nazi looting dec ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Christian Manuscripts and Nazi Loot: Guest Post by Jennifer Knust
Published: 8/07/2019This now is the second of Jennifer Knust’s three posts on her current project, tracing the history of a Christian manuscript she came upon from the rare book collection at Duke University. Her ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Tracking Down Stolen Manuscripts: Guest Post by Jennifer Knust
Published: 7/07/2019I have asked my friend and colleague Jennifer Knust (Professor of early Christianity at Duke) to write some guest posts for us on the blog. Jenny has recently published the definitive study of the f ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org
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Heightened Opposition to Jews in Early Christianity
Published: 5/07/2019I have been outlining some of the issues that I may talk about in a book on the rise of anti-Judaism in early Christianity, if I write it. In previous posts I have detailed some of the uglier Christi ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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When Christians Went on the Attack Against Jews
Published: 3/07/2019I return now, for a couple of posts, to my thoughts on the rise of anti-Judaism in the early Christian tradition, and my thesis that it was largely driven by a different way of reading the Bible, that ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Is the Qur’an More Reliable than the New Testament?
Published: 2/07/2019I often get asked questions about the Qur’an, and I almost always do not answer them, most because I can’t answer them. I’m not an expert on the Qur’an, and tend to talk only about things I have don ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org
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Would You Be Willing To Donate a Membership?
Published: 30/06/2019Twice a year on the blog, around mid-year and Christmas, I open up a possibility to help out people who really want to be on the blog but cannot afford the membership fees. We are at that point! So ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Is There a Way to Know if a Manuscript is the “Original”?
Published: 28/06/2019In response to the recent flurry of posts on the question of a “first-century Mark,” I have received a very interesting question: suppose there *were* a first-century Mark that was discovered (hey, it ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Flat-out Lies or Willful Ignorance. How Do They Get Away With It?
Published: 26/06/2019Sometimes it’s enough to make my blood boil. Maybe someone can explain it to me. If you were to interview the 7,346,235,000 occupants of this planet, you would find *no* group of people who declare t ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org
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The Hobby Lobby, Biblical Manuscripts, and Academic Scandal
Published: 25/06/2019Yesterday I posted the most recent developments in the scandalous “first-century Mark” affair. Readers of the blog who are not familiar with or invested much in the study of ancient manuscripts may ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Finally! Now We Know. The “First-Century Copy” of Mark
Published: 25/06/2019I have posted on and off over the past six or seven years about an allegedly first-century copy of the Gospel of Mark that some scholars claimed we had now in our possession. This would be by far the ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Why Christians Needed an Old Testament: Pagan Attacks on the Faith
Published: 23/06/2019In my discussion why Christians claimed the Jewish Bible for themselves (and argued it no longer belonged to Jews), I’ve been focusing strictly on the relationship of Jews and Christians, for obvious ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org
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The Jewish Bible in the Gentile Churches
Published: 21/06/2019I continue here with my thoughts about how Christians came to claim the Jewish Bible for themselves, and to argue that it no longer belonged to Jews. I’ve already pointed out that the Jewish followe ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org -
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Why Paul Did Not Write 2 Thessalonians: A Final Post
Published: 18/06/2019This will be my last post on the question of whether Paul wrote 2 Thessalonians. If you’ve been following all this, you know that my view is that he did not. My sense is that a lot of people have tr ... Read moreSource: ehrmanblog.org
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