To this point I have enumerated everything that Paul explicitly says about what Jesus said, did, and experienced during his earthly life. The driving question is the one that I turn to now and in the next post. Why didn’t Paul tell us *more*? I’ve long been fascinated by this question, and even though I’ve thought about it for well over thirty years, I’ve never decided on what I really think. There are just too many counter-arguments for every perspective that I’ve heard or thought of! In these two posts I want to lay out three of the main options. If you think of others that need to be aired, feel free to make a comment. I have taken the following from my textbook The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings. Read by Petra Ortiz
Bart argues that some apocryphal tales convey broader theological themes that may have been subtly useful for the proto-orthodox cause. Read by John Paul...
The earlier announcement for the Blog Book Club (BBC) had incorrect dates in it. The original post was corrected, but this post corrects the...
Bart outlines plans for a podcast he might start and solicits your ideas about it. Read by John Paul Middlesworth