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Christ as Non-Human (but fully God) in the Early Second Century
In this slow path we are taking to see where the doctrine of the Trinity came from (it may seem slow, but of course...
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Was Christ So Divine That He Was Not Human? The "Antichrists" of 1 John
Just as there were “adoptionist” Christians in the second century, who maintained that Christ was not really a divine being, but a human being...
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How to Make Sense of (or at least Peace with) What's Strange in the Bible: Guest Post by Kristin Swenson
Three weeks ago we had a guest post by Kristin Swenson about her new book A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the...
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Was Christ Human But Not Divine? Another Early Christian View
Dr. Ehrman describes the beliefs of the Theodotians, who thought that Jesus was "adopted" as God's son. Read by John Paul Middlesworth
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What Are the Sources of the Hebrew Bible?
In a post from 2012, Dr. Ehrman recommends several books about the composition of the OT and introduces a theory about the authors behind...
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Christ as "Not God" in the Second Century: Early Jewish Adoptionists
Dr. Ehrman focuses on the Ebionites as an example of what came to be an early Christian "heresy." Read by John Paul Middlesworth