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• 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

• Little Mount

  

  Following on from my recent post about St Thomas Mount, this one explores another key Thomas location, Little Mount (Chinnamalai), also in Chennai. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2016 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• St Thomas Mount

  

  The NT Pod and the NT Blog go on the road! It's long been an ambition of mine to visit the sites connected with the Apostle Thomas out in Chennai (formerly... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2016 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• 2016 Clark Lectures with Loveday Alexander

  One of the great traditions at Duke is the annual series of Clark Lectures. Duke has hosted many fine scholars and some great lectures, and this year is no... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2016 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• John Barclay Interviewed by Eerdmans

  

  John Barclay recently published Paul and the Gift and it is currently one of the most talked-about boos in the field. Now Eerdmans have released an interview... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• David Bowie as Pilate in Last Temptation of Christ

  

  The sad news today of the death of David Bowie has of course been all over the media, Facebook and Twitter. For fans of Jesus Films, Bowie gave us one of the... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• NT Pod 76: This Year's Christmas Episode

  

  The Christmas episode of the NT Pod has landed!NT Pod 76: The Magi in Matthew's GospelThis time with sleigh bells! And Johnny Cash! And Ella Fitzgerald! And me... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• I. Howard Marshall (1934-2015)

  

  I was sorry to hear of the death of I. Howard Marshall over the weekend. He was 81. Marshall was a prolific scholar and he will be fondly remembered,... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Gospel of Jesus' Wife Latest: Boston Globe Update

  The Boston Globe today presents a thorough, well-researched, and fair update on the saga of the Gospel of Jesus' Wife:The Case of the Gospel of Jesus' Wife Stil... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY