Latest Episodes
My Most Helpful Book? After the New Testament: A Reader in Early Christianity
The first of three posts in which Bart discusses his book devoted to the topic, After the New Testament: A Reader in Early Christianity....
Not a Game-Changer? Why I'd Still Be Thrilled to Have a First-Century Gospel Fragment
From years ago, some reflections on the importance of having a first-century manuscript -- even if it DID NOT change much of anything we...
How Would a First-Century Fragment of the Gospels Actually Change What We Know/Think?
Bart wonders why evangelical scholars would be so bound and determined to get their hands on a first-century copy of Mark. Read by John...
Would It Matter if We DID Have a First-Century Manuscript of Mark?
A purported first-century copy of Mark would only tell us what we already know, Bart argues. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
More on the Initial Debacle on First-Century Mark (in relation to the Dead Sea Scrolls)
Part two of the saga of the alleged first-century copy of Mark, written two months after the initial "discovery." Bart compares this discovery to...
The Debacle over the First-Century Copy of Mark
The first in a series of posts from Bart revisiting the debacle over the alleged first-century copy of Mark. Read by Mike Johnson.