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• Favourite -- and Least Favourite -- Jesus Films

  Every couple of years, I teach a course on Jesus in Film at Duke. Last time I taught the course, I ran a fun poll at the end in which I asked students "What is... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Further Response to Alan Garrow

  I am grateful to Alan Garrow for responding to my post on Garrow's Flaw (details and links here) over on Bart Ehrman's blog.I had pointed out that Garrow's mode... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Review of The Star by Emily Waples

  

  It's fun to be teaching a course on Jesus in Film when a new Jesus film comes out! The Star (dir. Timothy Reckardt) was released in November in time for the... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Garrow's Flaw

  Over on Bart Ehrman's blog, there has been some fun relating to the Synoptic Problem. A commenter promised $1,000 to Prof. Ehrman's blog's charities if he... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Early Christianity Position at Duke

  I am happy to be able to post the following announcement of a position in Early Christianity in our department at Duke:--The Department of Religious Studies... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Mark Mattison's Gospels.net

  I am grateful to Andrew Bernhard for sending over news of a change in his website Gospels.net. He posted the following message on Labor Day:Thank you to all... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• "Say It with Awe!" The Apocryphal John Wayne

  

  Twelve years ago (Say it with awe; Say it with awe update), I blogged about the legendary John Wayne story, in which the Duke, playing the role of the... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Favourite Jesus Film

  It's the beginning of a new academic year at Duke and this semester I am teaching my undergraduate course on Jesus in Film for a second time. I am hoping to blo... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Apocalypse of Peter (Greek Text)

  Back in 2005, I transcribed a Greek text of the Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment, from Erich Klostermann's edition) and uploaded to the web. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Who Was Jesus? (1977) is Now Online

  I have blogged my fascination with the 1977 BBC documentary Who Was Jesus? on a couple of occasions (Caird, Flusser and Cupitt on Who Was Jesus? (1977) and Who... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Summer Seminar with Prof. Robert Cargill and Me in Minnesota

  

  There is still time to book for the Biblical Archaeology Society's Summer Seminar event with Prof. Robert Cargill and me at St Olaf College in July. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Paul of Tarsus (1960) Clips in The TV That Made Me

  

  Almost ten years ago, I blogged about the forgotten BBC TV Series, Paul of Tarsus (1960), starring Patrick Troughton (Paul of Tarsus (1960); More on Paul of... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Speaker's Lectures in Biblical Studies: John's Knowledge of the Synoptic Gospels

  I'm giving the Speaker's Lectures in Biblical Studies in Oxford this year, beginning tomorrow (Tuesday). Full details below:John's Knowledge of the Synoptic... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Gospel of Jesus' Wife Updates

  It would be easy to think that there would be nothing new to say about the Gospel of Jesus' Wife after the dramatic events of last June (chronicled here under... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Finding Jesus Season Two

  

  Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery returns tonight for its second season. Tune in to CNN at 9pm ET/PT. Here's the trailer: The first episode deals with... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Number of the Beast on Bible Mysteries

  I get to the last lecture in my Introduction to the New Testament course tomorrow, and it provides the opportunity to talk about Revelation. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2016 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• How to Email Your Students

  I have just come across this delightful piece of advice to students about how to email their professors (HT: Laura Lieber, with thanks! Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2016 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Gospel of Jesus' Wife: Last Chapter Round-Up

  Since the remarkable piece of investigative journalism from Ariel Sabar was published last Wednesday (The Unbelievable Tale of Jesus' Wife), in which the owner... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2016 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Owner of the Gospel of Jesus' Wife is Unmasked

  In September 2012, four journalists were granted special interviews on the Gospel of Jesus' Wife, published the day that Karen King revealed the manuscript in... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2016 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• St Thomas Basilica

  

  Following on from my recent posts about St Thomas Mount and Little Mount, this one explores another key Thomas location, St Thomas Basilica in Mylapore, Chennai... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY