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Would It Matter if We DID Have a First-Century Manuscript of Mark?

I will continue here with select reposts of the first-century copy of Mark fiasco, in light of my recent interview in the topic and my now renewed interest in the issues involved.  (See the previous posts if you're not aware of the claims from 12 years ago that one had been discovered.) I personally think [...]

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More on the Initial Debacle on First-Century Mark (in relation to the Dead Sea Scrolls)

In my previous post -- originally put up on the blog in April 2012 -- I explained how in a debate I had in February of that year, evangelical New Testament scholar and textual critic Dan Wallace to my surprise (shock!) announced that now for the first time we actually have a copy of the [...]

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The Parables! Have You Signed up for the Course? (This weekend!)

No time to wait!  If you haven't signed up for the course on Jesus' Parables, you should maybe reflect a bit on Matthew 25:1-13. Well, not exactly.  If you don't come live, you can purchase the course as a recording.  But if you do come live you'll get the recording for life, and why not [...]

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The Debacle Over the First-Century Copy of Mark

This morning I had a long interview with BBC4 (radio) in London about a new book that is coming out by renowned expert in ancient manuscripts (mainly classical) Roberta Mazza, that deals at length with the debacle over the alleged first-century copy of the Gospel of Mark.  It was a debacle because it was based [...]

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What If Another Christianity Had Won?

If only one form of early Christianity won the contest for domination, what were the results -- what the gains and losses from that "triumph"?  And what would have happened to world history if things had gone in another direction?  This is my third and final post on my book Lost Christianities, taken from its Introduction [...]

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More Lost Christianities

In my previous post I discussed the wide variety of early Christianities and their ranging views.  Here I consider some aspects of the Scriptures known and used by these various groups.  Again, this comes from the Introduction to my book Lost Christianities (Oxford Press, 2003). ****************************** The Lost Scriptures The Gospels that came to be included [...]

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Lost Christianities

How diverse was early Christianity?  I had been transfixed by this question for a long time when I decided to write a trade book, Lost Christianities.  It was a blast to write and in some ways launched my career of writing for general audiences.  My earlier book Jesus, Apocalyptic Prophet was definitely directed to that crowd, [...]

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More Lost Scriptures

How did we get our books of the New Testament, and what do we know about the ones that were "left out"?  Here I continue my Introduction to my book Lost Scriptures, as started in my previous post. ****************************** When was this New Testament finally collected and authorized?  The first instance we have of any [...]

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A Remembrance of John Shelby Spong–Platinum Post By Ray Zubler

I am pleased to be able to post this post by platinum member Ray Zubler; it is a recollection/commemoration of John Shelby Spong, whom many of you know of as one of the great voices that spread criitical knowledge of the Bible and early Christianity to broader audiences.  Spong was a bishop of the Episcopal [...]

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ANOTHER Blog Dinner! Thursday, July 18, Wimbledon. Interested?

The first blog dinner I announced (happening tomorrow, Friday July 12) was oversubscribed, and so I'll be doing a second -- this time on my home-away-from-home turf, Wimbledon Village, on Thursday July 18.    Seats are limited. Want one of them? I'll again limit the table to 8, me and the perfect number 7.    For [...]

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