Of Jesus' 12 disciples, Saint Peter is one of the most important. In the Book of Matthew, Jesus declares that Peter is the "rock" on which "I will build my church," and Catholic tradition considers ...
Early Christian communities produced far more literature than the texts that ultimately became the New Testament. Many writers expanded the stories of biblical figures, creating dramatic narratives ...
Have you noticed any or all of the following? A mail-order catalogue of household bric-a-brac encouraging you to buy and read “The Missing Books of the Bible”(2 vols. for $9.98)? A well-known ...
In December 1945, Muhammad Ali—not the boxer but a peasant farmer from Nag Hammadi, a town of Upper Egypt—uncovered an ancient earthenware jar. Muhammad and his brother broke it open and found books, ...
The video traces how Jewish and Christian communities defined scriptural boundaries across centuries, explaining why modern Bibles differ. It outlines the finalization of the Tanakh in the first ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christy Cobb, University of Denver (THE CONVERSATION) Of Jesus’ 12 disciples, Saint ...