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The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife May Be a Forgery

Two recent articles appeared in The Atlantic  which appear to put the nail in the coffin of the badly named Gospel of Jesus’ Wife.

The first article shows the dodgy provenance (chain of custody) of the piece.  It is a bit long but worth the read.  You can read it here or here’s the URL to that article:

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/07/the-unbelievable-tale-of-jesus-wife/485573/

The second article may be the most important, because in it Karen King, the Harvard scholar who brought the fragment too light and has defended its authenticity, now concedes it is probably a fake.  You can read it here or here is the URL:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/karen-king-responds-to-the-unbelievable-tale-of-jesus-wife/487484/

As Simon Gathercole said to me, now we don’t have to worry about that text.  The forged text and our response to it tell us more about ourselves than about the ancient church.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2 & 3 John

I had the great fortune yesterday (6/12/2016) of teaching  Mark Lanier’s Sunday School class at Champions Forest Baptist Church.  Mark is one of the best communicators and Bible teachers you will ever hear so I am grateful and humbled for the opportunity.  He and his wife Becky are currently in Oxford awaiting the birth of their first grand baby.

Brent Johnson and his staff at Champions Forest were excellent to work with. They have already made the video available.

I taught on 2 & 3 John because Mark has been working his way through the New Testament for nearly 49 weeks now.  I’m grateful to have the opportunity to talk about these little, neglected books.

To see the video click here.

Or here is the URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wJXNu1ncN0

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Extent of Theological Diversity

I am fortunate to be associated with an SBL Consultation unit called “The Extent of Theological Diversity in Earliest Christianity.”  The unit explores the variety of ways people could be “Christian” in the first two centuries (AD or CE).

I found out recently that the steering committee, headed by Jeff Peterson of Austin Graduate School of Theology, set up a website a few years ago.  It gives links to various, good papers by leading scholars.

If you are  interested take a look here.

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The Imitation of Christ

Last year I had the privilege of giving a chapel address at Acadia Divinity School.  My topic was the imitation of Christ.  Here is a link to the audio file:

You may need to scroll down the page to find my talk.  Actually, there are some wonderful addresses on this site.  It would be worth bookmarking and coming back to in the future.

 

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Pauline Exegesis and the Divine Christ

Here is a link to the third lecture I did at Acadia Divinity School in Nova Scotia in fall 2014.  Thanks to Danny Zacharias, fleetwd1 and Mike Harris for making this video available to me and anyone interested.

https://youtu.be/0pokwuUniYE