How the Serpent Became Satan
10/14 | The serpent in the Garden of Eden is portrayed as just that: a serpent. The story in Genesis 2–3 contains no hint that he embodies the devil, Satan or any Read more…
Posted in Bible Interpretation.
Tag: Bible Interpretation
The Nag Hammadi Codices and Gnostic Christianity
10/12 | Until the discovery of the Nag Hammadi codices in 1945, the Gnostic view of early Christianity had largely been forgotten. The teachings of Gnostic Christianity—vilified especially since they were declared Read more…
Posted in Biblical Artifacts, Artifacts and the Bible, Post-Biblical Period.
The Sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas
09/30 | New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole examines what the sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas reveal about the early Christian world in which they were written. Read more…
Posted in Bible Versions and Translations, Jesus/Historical Jesus, Post-Biblical Period.
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- First Person: Misogyny in the Bible
- Christian Apocrypha: The “Lost Gospels”?
- Jonah and the Whale
- James or Jacob in the Bible?
- Mary, Simeon or Anna: Who First Recognized Jesus as Messiah?
- Fruit in the Bible
- Gospel of John Commentary: Who Wrote the Gospel of John and How Historical Is It?
- Herod’s Death, Jesus’ Birth and a Lunar Eclipse
- Rahab the Harlot?
