When I wrote a post about Lost Christianities yesterday, a funny anecdote occurred to me and I wondered if I had ever written a post on it. Yup, in 2012! It’s worth repeating. It has to do with Time Magazine (though it starts with Newsweek). This was back when people used to actually get these things in the mail, in the Pleistocene Age, and they were therefore a bit of a bigger deal. Here’s the post, from nine years ago. Read by Petra Ortiz
Dr. Ehrman points out the ways that Julius Caesar and Caesar Augustus were considered gods. Read by John Paul Middlesworth
Examining literacy rates for the ancient world in general and first century Palestine in particular. Read by Brandon M. Bender
Was The Messiah Supposed to Be Born of a Virgin? Read by C.W.