Items relating to or dicussing “Early Jesus Followers”

After Jesus Before Christianity: New Discoveries

By |2023-04-18T19:03:38-04:00August 21st, 2022|Tags: , , , |

This course, After Jesus Before Christianity: New Discoveries, is presented by Dr. Shirley Paulson and Dr. Deborah N. Saxon. The course is designed to help you gain a better understanding of early Jesus people by examining information from a wide variety of sources, including the book After Jesus Before Christianity.

Proceeding With Consideration of Spiritual Resurrection in the First Two Hundred Years

By |2022-07-18T03:51:06-04:00April 25th, 2022|Tags: , |

Following up on the March 28, 2022, Bible and Beyond Discussion, our conversation on April 25 continued a study of articulations of Christ peoples’ consideration and elaboration of spiritual resurrection in the first two hundred years CE. Whereas the March study concentrated on the ways Paul’s letters and the Nag Hammadi “Treatise” laid out spiritual resurrection, in this discussion we expanded on notions of spiritual resurrection in passages about empty tombs and visions. Presenter: Dr. Hal Taussig (with host Dr. Shirley Paulson)

Healing Violence in the World: Letter of Peter to Philip

By |2023-04-18T19:07:03-04:00November 10th, 2021|Tags: , , , |

Second in the Nag Hammadi Series Presenters Dr. Shirley Paulson and her co-instructor, Dr. Hal Taussig, guide you through some surprising new ideas about Jesus in this little-known text, the Letter of Peter to Philip. Jesus gives his ambassadors (i.e. disciples) instructions in six steps that lead his followers (from long ago and now) to experience peace, joy, and even healing in the face of violence.

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