What Did Jesus Look Like?
Looking past popular depictions of Jesus to get a sense of how he would have appeared to others is hugely important because his appearance tells us a lot about who he was and what he really taught.
By Dr. Erin K. Vearncombe|2023-05-31T01:18:59-04:00May 31st, 2023|Tags: Clothing, Jesus, Racial Justice, Surprising Things about Jesus|
Looking past popular depictions of Jesus to get a sense of how he would have appeared to others is hugely important because his appearance tells us a lot about who he was and what he really taught.
By Dr. B. Brandon Scott|2023-05-24T02:50:47-04:00May 24th, 2023|Tags: Church, Early Church, Jesus, John the Baptist, Surprising Things about Jesus|
Did Jesus study with Buddhist monks in India? Were the official documents from Jesus’s trial before Pilate kept in Rome? Did Jesus establish the Christian church?
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-03-22T01:45:50-04:00March 22nd, 2023|Tags: Demons, Early Christian Art, Healing, Jesus, Magic|
His attitude toward healing was integrated with salvation, so the entirety of one’s being—body, mind, and soul—all belong to and were governed by a renewed relationship to God, the loving Father.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-01-22T01:12:48-05:00January 21st, 2023|Tags: Gospel of Mark, Gospels, Jesus, Protevangelium of James|
We are left wondering. A few other important texts not as well-known as the canonical texts provide more information about Jesus’s family identity.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-01-05T15:33:35-05:00January 11th, 2023|Tags: Art Dewey, Gospel of John, Gospel of Thomas, Jesus, Wisdom|
The phrase from the Thomas Saying, “become like me,” is what caught my attention while I was thinking about my New Year’s resolution. I know I am not alone having made resolutions that don’t quite succeed.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2022-09-27T03:59:38-04:00September 27th, 2022|Tags: Divine Feminine, Jesus, Sophia, Wisdom|
This Bible and Beyond Discussion addresses two gospel texts with a woman and Jesus at their center. Both texts have gender controversy with Jesus and both display complex gender power. Presenter: Dr. Hal Taussig (with host Dr. Shirley Paulson)
By Dr. B. Brandon Scott|2022-09-19T19:16:52-04:00September 21st, 2022|Tags: Crucifixion, Gospel of Mark, Jesus, New Testament, Religious Boundaries|
Jesus stands before the chief priest powerless and humiliated. Yet he claims to be the Anointed, the son of the Blessed One. His lack of power in the face of the chief priest’s evident power constitutes blasphemy
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2022-08-17T08:20:34-04:00August 17th, 2022|Tags: Divine Feminine, Jesus, Sophia, Wisdom|
We'll examine the key character of Sophia/Wisdom in the development Jesus peoples of the first two hundred years of the Common Era, the development of Second Temple Judaism, and initial development Rabbinic Judaism. Presenter: Dr. Hal Taussig (with host Dr. Shirley Paulson)
By Dr. B. Brandon Scott|2022-08-17T06:49:05-04:00August 17th, 2022|Tags: Gospel of Mark, Jesus, New Testament, Religious Boundaries, Syrophoenician Woman|
Our author has provided us with new eyes with which to view the story, the good news. Use those eyes, and the story will open up in amazing ways.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2022-02-01T17:34:06-05:00February 2nd, 2022|Tags: Christianity, Jesus, Noncanonical Texts, Secret Revelation of John, Thecla|
"This is the biggest thrust from After Jesus Before Christianity. How will we end up talking about those first two centuries, now that you’ve exposed that these words don’t work right?" An interview with Dr. Shirley Paulson.
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2021-12-23T05:22:18-05:00December 22nd, 2021|Tags: Bible, Early Christian Communities, Early Jesus Followers, Jesus, Paul|
The book challenges the general public, many churches, and most scholars to re-consider how to think about Jesus and these hundreds of years before there were ‘Christians.’
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-11-10T12:53:21-05:00November 10th, 2021|Tags: Fear and Protection, Healing, Jesus, Letter of Peter to Philip, Violence|
The first time I read the relatively unknown text called the Letter of Peter to Philip from the Nag Hammadi collection, I was stunned with its overall message of guidance in the face of violence.