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• 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

• Dietmar Neufeld (1949-2015)

  

  I was so sorry to hear of the death of Dietmar Neufeld on September 9. Dietmar Neufeld was professor in the Department of Classical, Near Eastern Religious... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The End of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife Forgery Debate

  

  Guest post by Andrew Bernhard[PDF of this blog post available here]For nearly three years, there has been considerable controversy and confusion about whether... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Forger and the “Translator”

  

  Guest post by Andrew BernhardSince the recent release of the “translation” that the owner of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife gave Karen King and the revelation that i... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife: “Patchwork Forgery” in Coptic . . . and English...

  Guest post by Andrew Bernhard[Unicode Coptic Font available here. If you are having trouble seeing the Coptic, there is also a PDF of this post available here. Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife: “Patchwork” Forgery in Coptic . . . and English

  

  Guest Post by Andrew Bernhard[Unicode Coptic Font available here. If you are having trouble seeing the Coptic, there is also a PDF of this post available here. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife: A Call for Closure

  

  Guest post by Andrew BernhardWhodunnit? That’s the big question that remains unanswered about the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife, and I must confess that I’m a bit... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Jesus' Wife Fake Latest

  In my previous post, Gospel of Jesus' Wife in New Testament Studies, I drew attention to the free-for-all access to the latest issue of New Testament Studies... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Gospel of Jesus' Wife in New Testament Studies

  

  In April 2014, Harvard Theological Review devoted an issue to the discussion of The Gospel of Jesus' Wife, a fragmentary text thought by many to be a forgery. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Tribute to J. Louis Martyn by Joel Marcus

  

  I am delighted to be able to share the following tribute to J. Louis Martyn by Prof. Joel Marcus, Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins in Duke... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Tributes to J. Louis Martyn (1925-2015)

  I was sorry to hear of the death of J. Louis Martyn last week. He is one of the greats of New Testament scholarship. Beverley Gaventa has a lovely tribute on th... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Montreat Conference Center Lecture Series

  

  You can join me and Prof. Ziony Zevit for a lecture series at Montreat Conference Center this May. Full details are available here:Montreat Conference... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Finding Jesus Episode 2 Tonight on CNN

  

  Episode 2 of the CNN Original Series, Finding Jesus, airs tonight at 9pm ET/PT. This episode focuses on John the Baptist and features contributions from me,... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY