A follow up post that raises even more reasons to be skeptical of an early Christian text called The Martyrdom of Polycarp. Read by Brandon M. Bender
Bart argues, using the very different passion narratives of Mark and Luke, that it is theologically valuable to read each gospel as NOT telling...
Parts of the Hebrew Bible insist on the absolute purity of the Israelites – they are to have no contact with outside influences that...
Those of you who read the comments on my posts know that my thread on Cephas and Peter elicited some very interesting responses. One...