The Gospel of Barnabas (GB) is a medieval apocryphal text attributed to Barnabas, an important figure in the emerging Christian community shortly after Christ’s death for sedition against the Roman Empire. This […]
Historical Jesus and New Testament scholar John Paul Meier has revealed at some length the developments across secular scholarship within the so-called “Third Quest” for the historical Jesus (1). We will examine […]
Discovered near the Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945, the Gospel of Thomas is likely the most famous non-canonical gospel. It contains 114 logia (or sayings) attributed to Jesus Christ in […]
Discovered in the late 1970s, Egypt, the text known as the Gospel of Judas has marveled scholars and laypersons alike for its presentation of Judas Iscariot, depicted in the canonical gospels as […]
When the historian wishes to learn about the life and ministry of Jesus Christ he or she needs to evaluate the primary sources (the four gospels, Pauline epistles, and the rest of […]
The so-called “quests for the historical Jesus” refer to the development of scholarship on the historical Jesus beginning in the late-18th century running up into the modern-day. It is a span of […]
Jesus Christ’s entry into the city of Jerusalem at the end of his ministry is normally called the “triumphal entry” and it refers to the start of Christ’s final week before his […]
It is an accepted fact among New Testament scholars and historians that the historical Jesus selected twelve disciples to accompany him during his ministry (1). Why Twelve? Although this entry will examine […]
The consensus among historians is that the historical Jesus Christ taught in parables. New Testament scholar Ruben Zimmermann says that “Jesus spoke in parables. This fundamental statement garners wide consensus in Jesus […]
As we briefly noted, the cult of Mithraism was an emergent secretive religion that begun in the late first century CE of the Roman Empire. It evidently flourished and its rituals became […]
