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By Bart Ehrman The Didache: A Missing Piece of the Puzzle in Early Christianity Biblical Archaeology Society by Staff, December 12, 2017. Edited by Jonathan A. Draper and Clayton N. Jefford. The post at BAS is about the book of the same name as the post published by the Society of Biblical Literature Press, 2015), […]
Continue ReadingThe Gospel of Thomas translated by Thomas O. Lambdin Bart Interviews Mark Goodacre about the Gospel of Thomas by Bart D. Ehrman The Gospel of Thomas by Mark Goodacre. BAS Lecture The Gospel of Thomas Collection in the Gnostic Society Library. Catalogs materials about the Gospel of Thomas available both in their archives and elsewhere on the internet. Includes links to […]
Continue Reading“Agrapha” – Sayings of Jesus not found in any of the surviving Gospels per Bart Ehrman here. Previous post here titled Ever Hear of an Agraphon? An “Unwritten” Saying of Jesus? Extracted sayings in Bart’s translation is below. Mark 9:49 in ms D et al: For every sacrifice will be salted with salt. Mark 16:14 in ms […]
Continue ReadingAlthough there is no firm evidence linking John the Baptist with the Qumran community, many scholars believe that he had contact or even links with the Essenes during his ministry. There are four reasons for this assessment. (1) John’s family background and lineage fit with the beliefs of the Qumran covenanters. The report that he […]
Continue ReadingA Phantom Jesus: The Teachings of the Second-Century Marcion by Bart Ehrman. Includes an extract “Here is how I explain his views in my book How Jesus Became God.” Bart says in his post: Another Post by Bart Ehrman – Paul’s “Gospel” and Marcion Why did Marcion think that Luke’s Gospel in particular was the one […]
Continue ReadingUPDATE: The Reaction to Karen King’s Gospel Discovery When a divinity scholar unveiled a papyrus fragment that she says refers to Jesus’ “wife,” our reporter was there in Rome amidst the firestorm of criticism by Ariel Sabar, Smithsonian Magazine. See the video at the end of the article.
Continue ReadingThe Shapira Scrolls: The Case for Authenticity Dershowitz and Tabor – PDF with full text and many photos. 14-minute read. This fully refutes the claims of forgery in the 1800s and since. The LOST Scroll of Moses by Ross K. Nichols Extract from the above video’s description – Unearth an ancient mystery in “The LOST […]
Continue ReadingFor a good discussion of what the Gospel of Thomas is read The Gospel of Thomas: Jesus Said What? The text below was extracted from BAS here. 114 sayings of Jesus as translated by Stephen J. Patterson and James M. Robinson and republished from The Gnostic Society Library. These are the hidden words that the […]
Continue ReadingLink to a page of intros and links to articles – https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/category/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-scrolls/
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