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LATEST ARTICLES ( 191 )

• Jesus' Wife Fragment: Another Round-Up

  It's time for another quick round-up on the latest in the Jesus' Wife Fragment. Now that the documentary has aired, and people have had time to reflect on some... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Library of New Testament Studies Has a New Editor!

  

  I decided several months ago that after several years as editor of the Library of New Testament Studies book series, the time had come for me to step down. Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jesus' Wife Fragment Round-up

  It's been a few days since the last round-up on the Jesus' Wife Fragment, and there are several things worth mentioning. The long-delayed Smithsonian documentar... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• More Evidence of Forgery in the Jesus' Wife Sister Fragment

  

  Over on Alin Suciu's blog, Joost L. Hagen has a guest post in which he reports on an analysis of the Lycopolitan Gospel of John fragment with the Coptic... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jesus' Wife Fragment Round-up

  There are several items of interest on the Jesus' Wife Fragment that have emerged over the last few days or so and I hope readers won't mind if I draw... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Tentative Chronology on Coptic "Jesus Wife" Fragment

  I am grateful to Stephen Goranson for this updated version of his tentative chronology on the Coptic Jesus' Wife Fragment:--Tentative chronology on Coptic "Jesu... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Laboratory Tests Can’t Always Catch Modern Forgeries - as Harvard Theological...

  I am happy to have the opportunity to post a guest blog entry by Andrew Bernhard. Those who have been following the discussions over the Jesus' Wife Fragment... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Illustrating the Forgery of Jesus' Wife's Sister Fragment

  

  I blogged last night on Jesus' Wife and her Ugly Sister, picking up on Christian Askeland's devastating post, Jesus had an ugly sister-in-law, in which he drew... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jesus' Wife and Her Ugly Sister

  

  It's just two weeks since the story of the Jesus' Wife Fragment re-emerged, with -- most importantly -- a full discussion in a peer-reviewed journal, Harvard... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Smithsonian to Air Its Documentary on the Jesus Wife Fragment

  Following on from the recent re-emergence of the Jesus' Wife Fragment, and notwithstanding continued discussions about its authenticity, Smithsonian Channel is... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• More Doubts Surface on the Jesus Wife Fragment

  

  Live Science has been doing some digging in connection with the story associated with the Jesus Wife Fragment and this interesting article was published... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Karen King is Interviewed About the Jesus Wife Fragment

  As far as I am aware, Prof. Karen King has not been interviewed about the Jesus Wife Fragment in public since the story first broke in September 2012. But now... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jesus' Wife Fragment Latest: Leo Depuydt Responds to Karen King

  It's now almost a week since Harvard Theological Review published its issue focusing on the Jesus' Wife Fragment (The Jesus' Wife Fragment is Back). Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Jesus Mysteries, National Geographic Channel

  

  Mary Magdalene (Alice Marshall), The Jesus Mysteries(Juniper TV; National Geographic)This weekend, National Geographic Channel are showing a two hour documentar... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jesus' Wife Attempts a Comeback: Initial Response, Francis Watson

  I am grateful to Prof. Francis Watson, Research Chair of Biblical Interpretation, Durham University, for permission to post here his initial response to the... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Jesus' Wife Fragment is Back

  Regular readers of the NT Blog will know of my interest in the so-called Gospel of Jesus' Wife and after several months without news, a whole raft of news,... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Latest Journal for the Study of the New Testament - All About Gathercole and...

  

  The latest Journal for the Study of the New Testament is now out and it's a special edition focused on Simon Gathercole's The Composition of the Gospel of Thoma... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Bible Secrets Revealed: DVD out Today

  

  Regular readers will remember the Bible Secrets Revealed TV show that was recently on History Channel in the USA. Across six hour long episodes, several themes... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Son of God Movie

  

  Goodacre goes to the movies! Regular readers of the NT Blog will know of my love of Bible films. There was a time back in the 1990s when it seemed like there... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Another Retelling of the Nag Hammadi Discovery Story

  

  Jeff Rose tells the story of the Nag Hammadi discoveriesA year or so ago, I published an article in which I asked questions about the oft-told story of the... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY