Stories of Jesus Passed on By Word of Mouth. When Scholars First Took Oral Traditions Seriously.

Bart surveys the textual problems of The Martyrdom of Polycarp. Read by John Paul Middlesworth

In my previous posts I have been insisting that if one wants to say that “Jesus is God” according to an early Christian text,...

There was a widespread sense in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds that the affluent should give away some of their money. But to...