Were the Gospel Writers Eyewitnesses?
In light of the multitude of cable and internet exposes on early Christianity, I’m occasionally asked if the canonical Gospel writers were eyewitnesses of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus....
View ArticleWere the Gospel Writers Eyewitnesses? Mark
This post is part of an ongoing series examining whether or not the writers of the canonical gospels were eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus. We begin our examination of the question “Were the Gospel...
View ArticleWere the Gospel Writers Eyewitnesses? Matthew
This post is part of an ongoing series examining whether or not the writers of the canonical gospels were eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus. Before diving into consideration of the possibility that the...
View ArticleThe Marcion Problem: Canon Refinement (Part II)
This post is part of an ongoing series examining Marcion of Sinope and his influence of the formation of the New Testament canon. Robert Smith Wilson also conceived of Marcion’s impact on the formation...
View ArticleWere the Gospel Writers Eyewitnesses? Luke
This post is part of an ongoing series examining whether or not the writers of the canonical gospels were eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus. It should be noted that Luke’s gospel immediately indicates...
View ArticleWere the Gospel Writers Eyewitnesses? John
This post is part of an ongoing series examining whether or not the writers of the canonical gospels were eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus. The Fourth Gospel, traditionally referred to as the Gospel...
View ArticleWere the Gospel Writers Eyewitnesses? Conclusions
This post is the final post in a series examining whether or not the writers of the canonical gospels were eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus. What then can we conclude concerning claims that none of...
View ArticleThe Marcion Problem: Canon Refinement (Part III)
This post is part of an ongoing series examining Marcion of Sinope and his influence of the formation of the New Testament canon. We now turn to two of the most prominent modern perspectives for the...
View ArticleThe Marcion Problem: Canon Refinement (Part IV)
This post is part of an ongoing series examining Marcion of Sinope and his influence of the formation of the New Testament canon. Having examined the particular perspectives of the Canon Refinement...
View ArticleThe Marcion Problem: Conclusions
This post is the final in the series examining Marcion of Sinope and his influence of the formation of the New Testament canon. By way of closing both our section on modern perspectives on Marcion as...
View ArticleDiscerning Witnesses
Discerning Witnesses: First and Second Century Textual Studies in Christian Authority, the M.A. thesis that I wrote while at Wake Forest University, has been uploaded to my Academia.edu page. If you’re...
View ArticleBook Review: The Gospel of the Lord (Bird)
Gospel Studies exists as a relatively neglected filed which has long taken a back seat to the study of the Historical Jesus or perspectives on Paul. Yet—argues Michael F. Bird—this realm of study...
View ArticleThe Acts of Paul and Pastoral Epistles
This post is part of an ongoing series reflecting upon Women and Gender in Early Christianity. In his article “I Permit No Woman to Teach Except for Thecla: The Curious Case of the Pastoral Epistles...
View ArticleMontantism and the Authority of (Female) Confessor-Martyrs
This post is part of an ongoing series reflecting upon Women and Gender in Early Christianity. In “The Role of Martyrdom and Persecution in Developing the Priestly Authority of Women in Early...
View ArticleScripture in 1 Clement: Composite Citation of the Gospels (Part I)
This post is part of an ongoing series examining the function and use of scripture in the early Christian writing known as 1 Clement. Clement’s relationship with written Christian texts remains far...
View ArticleScripture in 1 Clement: Composite Citation of the Gospels (Part II)
This post is part of an ongoing series examining the function and use of scripture in the early Christian writing known as 1 Clement. In all, six basic options have been offered regarding the source of...
View ArticleScripture in 1 Clement: Composite Implications
This post is part of an ongoing series examining the function and use of scripture in the early Christian writing known as 1 Clement. By way of summary, I briefly outline some of the implications of...
View ArticleScripture in 1 Clement: Conclusions
This post is part of an ongoing series examining the function and use of scripture in the early Christian writing known as 1 Clement. Before concluding this examination, I offer two final key findings...
View ArticleScripture in 1 Clement: Bibliography
This post concludes our series on the function and use of scripture in the early Christian writing known as 1 Clement by providing interested readers with a select bibliography of the sources consulted...
View ArticleScripture among the Apologists: Introduction
The early followers of Jesus Christ indelibly influenced the subsequent shape of Christian faith and praxis. Contemporary Christian conceptions of God, anthropology, history, eschatology, philosophy,...
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