The most-commented-upon post from the blog's first decade shows how the "suffering servant" of Isaiah 53 was, prior to Christianity, understood to be Israel Read by John Paul Middlesworth
In this Platinum Guest Post, Douglas Wade speculates on whether Jesus, a champion of the poor, was in fact particularly poor himself. Read by...
Dr. Ehrman outlines the components of the early Christian Gnostic belief labeled "Sethian."
Dr. Ehrman examines two of the criteria traditionally used to decide if an account about Jesus's words or deeds are historical. Read by John...