By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-05-29T21:44:13-04:00February 28th, 2023|Tags: Ancient Writings, Clothing, Extracanonical Texts, Nag Hammadi, New Testament|
New insight into the social realities of Jesus’ day reveals that his instructions call for a more radical vision of God’s Kingdom. Re-thinking familiar writings can challenge us to read them through first-century eyes. Presenter: Dr. Erin Vearncombe (with host Dr. Shirley Paulson)
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-01-24T04:49:49-05:00January 24th, 2023|Tags: Ancient Writings, Extracanonical Texts, Nag Hammadi, New Testament|
There are only 27 books in the New Testament, but over 100 circulated among the early followers of Jesus. Some have been known and available throughout Christian history, but others have been discovered rather recently. Presenter: Dr. Deborah N. Saxon (with host Dr. Shirley Paulson)
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2022-03-27T04:04:42-04:00March 30th, 2022|Tags: Ancient Writings, Genesis, Hebrew Bible, Nag Hammadi, Savior|
Although Seth stories are told in a variety of versions in these religions, Seth is always good and often heroic. And in a number of these stories, his role as Savior takes on a divine status.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2022-03-07T02:41:21-05:00March 9th, 2022|Tags: Ancient Writings, Community, Fear and Protection, Letter of Peter to Philip, Violence|
This is an uncommon set of instructions in the face of grave danger, to say the least! It neither promises a miraculous escape, nor does it call for violence in return.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-12-06T06:45:19-05:00October 6th, 2021|Tags: Ancient Writings, Concepts of God, Early Christian Communities, Material World|
The modern world is so impoverished in its ideas. We have such a narrow range of ways of responding to situations and issues compared to all the ideas that people had before. An interview with Dr. Jason BeDuhn.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-06-06T16:55:22-04:00June 9th, 2021|Tags: Ancient Writings, Faith, Fundamentalism, Nag Hammadi, Religion|
What is especially liberating about this for me is that I know these [Nag Hammadi] texts don’t belong to any other competing faith tradition either. All Christians ‘own’ them on an equal footing.
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2021-01-25T04:15:04-05:00June 25th, 2020|Tags: Ancient Writings, Bible, Early Christian Communities, Early Christian Texts|
I have worked for thirty-plus years on early texts from the Christ movements, the rest of the Bible, and all kinds of ancient writings, because it has been one of the ways I claim meaning.
