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LATEST ARTICLES ( 203 )

• 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

• Latest NT Pod on the Ending of Mark

  

  I've been pleased to get back to a regular schedule of releases again on the NT Pod. I've been meaning to record one for a while on the question of the ending o... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Historical Jesus Criteria Podcasts

  

  I commented here the other day (Snow and Podcasts) on the latest episodes of the NT Pod, which is finally back after a hiatus of several months. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Snow and Podcasts

  

  I have been meaning to get back to the podcast for a long time and finally, this week, it happened. First, I recorded a new episode, NT Pod 67, on John's... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Gospel of Jesus' Wife - Smithsonian Documentary in French

  

  Back in September 2012, Smithsonian Channel were planning to air a documentary on the Gospel of Jesus' Wife. Once it became clear that there were several in... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Short Film on Luke's Genealogy

  I have always been fascinated by the genealogies of Matthew and Luke (Matt. 1.1-17, Luke 3.23-28) and have even recorded podcasts on them (e.g. NT Pod 9). Yet... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• My Interview with Robert Orlando, Director of A Polite Bribe

  Last Thursday, we held a screening at Duke University of Robert Orlando's film about Paul, A Polite Bribe. I was privileged to get the chance to talk to Robert... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Q Or Not Q? Is There Any Shift?

  

  Michael GoulderChris Keith asked earlier today whether I was still in the minority about Q. His post generated a decent comments thread as well as a monster... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Apostle Paul: A Polite Bribe Comes to Duke This Week

  

  I have talked on a couple of previous occasions about Robert Orlando's film about Paul (The Apostle Paul - A Polite Bribe in New York). Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY