By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-04-25T05:01:00-04:00March 28th, 2023|Tags: Early Christian Texts, Extracanonical Texts, Gospel of Judas, Letter of Peter to Philip|
Most people know whatever they know about the disciples from the Bible, but not much else. So we’re going to look at some of the other texts of the first couple of centuries. Presenters: Dr. Shirley Paulson and Dr. Christine Shea (with host Hilary Barner)
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-02-25T16:48:56-05:00March 1st, 2023|Tags: Crucifixion, Early Christian Texts, Gnosticism, Healing|
It was tough trying to select snippets of the top ten... But just a glimpse of these highlights ought to inspire you to go back and listen to some of the complete podcasts again. A retrospective with Dr. Shirley Paulson
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-08-31T06:53:36-04:00August 4th, 2021|Tags: Early Christian Texts, Genesis, Nag Hammadi, Old Testament|
Who actually is the culprit in the book of Genesis? Is it Adam? Is it Eve? Is it God himself? The main story is in Genesis. An Interview with Dr. Lance Jenott.
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2021-09-11T05:48:45-04:00July 28th, 2021|Tags: Book of Wisdom, Christian Canon, Early Christian Texts, Hebrew Bible, Wisdom of Solomon|
"My proposal is to own the larger reality of Bibles and scripture in which the poetry, stories, letters, and wisdom take their largest and most flexible expressions."
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-04-07T00:42:50-04:00April 7th, 2021|Tags: Apocrypha, Apocryphal Texts, Early Christian Texts, Early Church, 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 Elli Elliott|2021-02-24T03:04:57-05:00February 24th, 2021|Tags: Early Christian Texts, Early Jesus Followers, Elli Elliott, Poverty, Shepherd of Hermas|
"For Hermas, self-control meant a redirection of desire by taking pleasure in the joy of helping the poor. Such redirection was a means to overcome double-mindedness by reorienting wealthier members to focus on the community rather than themselves."
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|
"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 Mark M. Mattision|2021-02-28T06:40:34-05:00January 28th, 2021|Tags: Early Christian Texts, Early Jesus Followers, Mark M. Mattison, Music, Odes of Solomon|
"Virtually unknown until ancient manuscripts began to surface in 1785, this surprising and superlative collection of odes offers a rare glimpse into the unbridled spirituality of early Eastern followers of Jesus."
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2021-01-25T04:21:35-05:00August 27th, 2020|Tags: Early Christian Texts, Gospel of Thomas, Spirituality, Wisdom|
Spend five to ten minutes a day contemplating just one saying, letting it roll around in your head and heart and noticing what else it brings into your mind.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-25T04:21:48-05:00August 13th, 2020|Tags: Early Christian Texts, Secret Revelation of John|
I feel the tears in my city and from people everywhere who have become untethered from the promise of security. … a voice is speaking. “It is I, the compassionate.”
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2021-10-07T07:38:08-04:00July 19th, 2020|Tags: Early Christian Texts, The Thunder Perfect Mind|
She has much power, speaks her own truth even when it is not easy, brings different persons and characteristics together in herself, and enacts surprising connections.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-25T04:14:57-05:00July 9th, 2020|Tags: Early Christian Texts, Injustice, Salvation|
Am I (and everybody else) supposed to work on my own behavior alone with God, or … should I sell everything I have and give to the poor, as Jesus teaches (Mark 10:21)?
