“You have not experienced Paul until you have read him in the original Aramaic.”
Andrew Koperski
Some Doubts About “Eusebian” Politics
One did not publish anything bad about a sitting emperor, unless one was prepared for one’s career to end, or worse.
Sexual Misconduct in Romans 1: Two Background Traditions
Paul’s words closely parallel other Jewish sources in antiquity.
Lactantius and God’s Gender
Lactantius demonstrates that some non-Christian theologians had already proposed gender-inclusive divinity.
Hypatia and Saint (?) Cyril of Alexandria
Prominent Christians—even saints—were known to act quite badly in late antiquity.
1 Enoch: Inspired Revelation or Apocryphon?
Not all the church fathers agreed with Augustine about the mythology of Enoch.
John Witherspoon, Abduction, Slavery, and the New Testament
If we find Witherspoon guilty on these specific charges, we will not easily acquit the New Testament.
Philodemus and Aristides
From what I gather, Philodemus’ own ideal for the Christian social ethic is rather different from Aristides’.
Free Will, Predestination, and Politics in Early Christianity: Musings for 2023
Prior to Augustine, early Christian intellectuals forcefully stressed human free will over against predestination.
“The Thing is a Nightmare”: A Practical Argument for a (More) Liturgical Calendar
The surprisingly practical church calendar.