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
Bart discusses why it matters that there are so many variants in our surviving manuscripts of the New Testament. Read by Steve McCabe.
Dr. Ehrman describes the process by which a trade book gets its title, with emphasis on his book Misquoting Jesus. Read by John Paul...
An early Christian text, The Martyrdom of Polycarp, claims to be written by an eyewitness -- but can we be so sure? Read by...