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Was Peter the First Pope?
Several people have recently asked (in reference to that pop quiz I gave to my class this semester) whether it is in fact right...
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Did Paul Want to Please the Jerusalem Apostles? Guest post by Richard Fellows
Using the text of Galatians, Richard Fellows argues that the church there saw Paul as a believer in circumcision, but he was not recommending...
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Why and When Did We Get This Canon of the New Testament?
One of the questions I get most often is about the canon of the New Testament. I got the question yesterday, after a lecture...
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Christian Stereotypes of "the God of the Old Testament." Marcion is Alive and Well and Well and What To Do About It. Guest Post by Marc Zvi Brettler
In a guest post, Marc Brettler addresses the "pernicious attitude" of those who insist on a dichotomy of a wrathful God in the OT...
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The Horrible Fate of Sinners: Jesus' Teaching on Gehenna
Dr. Ehrman describes what Jesus meant when he referred to Gehenna Read by John Paul Middlesworth
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How Becoming an Agnostic Affected My Personal Life
Dr. Ehrman describes the conflicts that developed as he abandoned his fundamentalist religious views. Read by John Paul Middlesworth