By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2025-06-12T21:58:41-04:00June 4th, 2025|Tags: Ancient Writings, Christianity, Dead Sea Scrolls, Nag Hammadi|
Both the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi library made a big splash in the media in the forties and the fifties as giving us a new light on the secrets of early Christianity—each in different ways. An interview with Dr. Matthew Goff and Dr. Dylan Burns
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2025-05-07T00:59:55-04:00May 7th, 2025|Tags: Ancient Writings, Christianity, Dead Sea Scrolls, Nag Hammadi|
You are bringing us back into antiquity in a way we've never seen before. Dylan, you're stretching our minds in terms of what we're calling Christian. Matthew, you're telling us we have more legitimacy in what we're looking at. An interview with Dr. Matthew Goff and Dr. Dylan Burns
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2025-05-21T23:16:47-04:00April 2nd, 2025|Tags: Eucharist, Gospel of Philip, Material World, Nag Hammadi|
One of the things that originally attracted me to this text was the fact that it is clearly extremely interested in the New Testament. It knows much of the New Testament really well. An interview with Dr. Kimberley Fowler
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2025-02-24T17:08:26-05:00February 26th, 2025|Tags: Early Christian Texts, Early Jesus Followers, Nag Hammadi|
The Nag Hammadi Library is a treasure trove for anyone interested in the origins of Christianity, the role of women in early religious movements, and the broader philosophical questions of existence.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2025-01-28T11:40:35-05:00February 5th, 2025|Tags: Gnosticism, Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Truth, Nag Hammadi, Valentinus|
The Gospel of Truth is very psychologically penetrating, just basically talking about how we make our way in a world full of anxiety. Turning to religion or spirituality, it's a therapeutic kind of read. An interview with Dr. Dylan Burns
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2025-03-25T04:58:26-04:00December 17th, 2024|Tags: Ancient Writings, Apocrypha, Early Christian Texts, Extracanonical Texts, Nag Hammadi, Noncanonical Texts, Translation Issues|
When people begin to realize the treasures of the Nag Hammadi Library, the Gospel of Mary, and other extracanonical writings, they'll be happy to find more English translations to read on two excellent websites. An interview with Mark M. Mattison and Rachel Bousfield.
By Dr. Marko Marina|2024-07-28T20:41:20-04:00April 10th, 2024|Tags: Christian Heresies, Irenaeus, Material World, Nag Hammadi, Valentinus, Valentinus Series|
Despite Irenaeus's effort to discredit Valentinus's Christian contribution by sounding too strange, these Valentinian ideas were similar enough to some other authentic Valentinian texts to suggest that Irenaeus did not invent his "Great Account" entirely himself.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2026-03-24T01:14:08-04:00March 27th, 2024|Tags: Ancient Writings, Christian Heresies, Early Christian Communities, Nag Hammadi, Noncanonical Texts, Oxyrhynchus|
Some of the earliest so-called Gnostic manuscripts ever discovered, as well as a variety of extra-canonical and magical manuscripts that challenge traditional notions of orthodoxy and heresy, came from the Oxyhrynchus garbage heap. Presenter: Adeline Harrington with host Dr. Shirley Paulson
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2024-11-21T05:22:03-05:00January 30th, 2024|Tags: Ancient Writings, Early Christian Texts, Nag Hammadi|
Introductory Course For the Nag Hammadi Series The Nag Hammadi collection and other major 20th-century textual discoveries inspire and challenge today's Christians. This course introduces these remarkable ancient texts. Learn what they’re about, why they were lost for so long, why they are so controversial, and what impact they could have on modern Christianity.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-10-09T00:44:01-04:00October 10th, 2023|Tags: Apostles, COVID-19, Early Jesus Followers, Fear and Protection, Nag Hammadi, Thecla|
A tentative assessment of the work of the Jesus followers during the first pandemic depicts relatively small communities who stayed loyal to their healing mission, even though they were somewhat invisible to the overview of the pandemic situation.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2024-06-07T03:58:57-04:00August 9th, 2023|Tags: Chaos, Nag Hammadi|
I am more impressed with the ‘default situation’ of On the Origin of the World than of perpetual chaos and violence. Peace rests on the logic of the infinitude of good, or truth.
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)
