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
Dr. Ehrman offers an overview of what characterizes the "apocalypse" genre, of which Revelation is the best-known example. Read by John Paul Middlesworth
Bart shows how Jesus in Matthew wants the root intention of the Jewish law to be followed. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
Luke seems to have been rather casual in handling his christological ideas. Still, Bart argues, a later editor modified the gospel. Read by John...