By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-05-05T02:37:54-04:00May 5th, 2021|Tags: Charles Hedrick, Gospel of Judas, Gospel of Thomas, Nag Hammadi|
"One of my hobbies was to read things from antiquity that nobody else had ever read before. … Preparing a translation for publication is separate from translating as you put it together." An interview with Dr. Charles Hedrick.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-04-13T21:32:01-04:00April 14th, 2021|Tags: Eternal Life, Letter of Peter to Philip|
"This ancient text sheds light on the link between the stark limitations of mortality and the possibilities of eternal life."
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-04-07T00:42:50-04:00April 7th, 2021|Tags: Apocrypha, Apocryphal Texts, Early Christian Texts, Early Church, Janet Spittler, Noncanonical Texts|
"Christian believers for the past two millennia haven’t distinguished between canonical and noncanonical sources. Lots of stories in noncanonical texts have been just as much true stories for believers as canonical texts. Lots of stories in noncanonical texts have been just as much true stories for believers as canonical texts." An interview with Dr. Janet Spittler.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-03-17T00:25:28-04:00March 17th, 2021|Tags: Apocryphal Texts, Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew Bible, Nag Hammadi, Tony Burke|
"I would suggest keeping a cool head and reserving judgment. Good scholarship takes time—thinking about … all the stuff that comes out on the internet very, very rapidly." An interview about the Shapira Scroll with Dr. Tony Burke.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-03-03T00:25:00-05:00March 3rd, 2021|Tags: Gospel of Matthew, New Testament|
"Looking at contemporary writers helped me understand how Matthew was quoting the Old Testament—which ... turned out to be pretty much the common practice of the day." An Interview with Robert J. Miller.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-02-08T02:16:11-05:00February 10th, 2021|Tags: Gospel of Truth, Nag Hammadi|
"If the Gospel of Truth is making a correct diagnosis of the cycles of truth and error, its therapeutic remedy is worth pondering."
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-02-07T23:30:31-05:00February 4th, 2021|Tags: Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Christian Texts, Jesus, Judaism, Mark M. Mattison, Odes of Solomon, Samuel Zinner|
"Some think these Odes of Solomon are words of praise to Jesus. … But these are Jesus's praises of God, not the worship of Jesus." An Interview with Samuel Zinner, PhD, and Mark M. Mattison.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-25T04:19:03-05:00January 14th, 2021|Tags: Extracanonical Texts, Nag Hammadi, The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles, Violence|
"Discovering the source of their hope, the disciples/apostles learn that their treasure is actually the discovery of their purpose in life."
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-06T22:36:53-05:00January 7th, 2021|Tags: Bible, Christian Canon, Judaism, Paul, Theology|
"I might say [Paul]’s working out a theology. Maybe in all of the letters. Trying to explain… what it is to be in Christ, or in the body of Christ." An Interview with Dr. Nina Livesey
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-25T04:19:27-05:00December 10th, 2020|Tags: Ally Kateusz, Early Christian Art, Early Jesus Followers, Gender Issues, Women|
Back to the gospels before Constantine, we have three men and three women. And the women are all the same size as Jesus... It’s really quite striking.
