Omar Abur-Robb demonstrates that Jesus likely had a high level of charisma, leadership, storytelling skills, and determination, making him extraordinary.
A follow up post that raises even more reasons to be skeptical of an early Christian text called The Martyrdom of Polycarp. Read by...
How many Christian churches would there likely have been within the first century after Jesus' death? Bart considers various ways of analysing this question....
A look back at an interesting manuscript discovery... Read by Ken Teutsch.