Do the early Christians think God is more just and determined to punish or more merciful and determined to forgive? I deal with the matter in one of the chapters in my next scholarly book, Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition, coming out in April with Yale University Press. The book has been done for months now, and I am right now reading through the final page proofs sent to me by the press – making final corrections of typos before it heads into production. Read by Petra Ortiz
Just as there were “adoptionist” Christians in the second century, who maintained that Christ was not really a divine being, but a human being...
Translating ancient texts is painstaking work that requires attention to detail and brings up both practical and stylistic questions. Read by Brandon M. Bender