Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Book Giveaway - The Wife of Jesus: Ancient Texts and Modern Scandals

I am grateful to Oneworld Publications for donating a copy of my book for this giveaway. You can enter to win a copy in one of three ways: (1) link this post via some form of social media and comment below saying you did; (2) visit the Oneworld religions page and comment below saying you did; and/or (3) tell us what Jesus would have named his two imaginary children and why.

I'll announce the winner in a couple weeks.

-anthony

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22 comments:

  1. Wayne CoppinsNovember 18, 2014 at 8:45 AM

    The names of Jesus' children were almost certainly Jesus and Mary. We know that this is the case because a) everyone who has been following cutting-edge scholarship on this question knows that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and b) because children were often named after their parents (see Luke 1:59). Given the difficulty of avoiding name confusion, however, it is also likely that the children went by "Christ" and "Magdalene". Finally, due to the propensity of teenage rebellion, it is reasonable to assume that during a brief phase "Magdalene" adopted the vulgar spelling "Magdalen", a thesis that has been wrongly contested by a few roughnecks who have shamefully questioned the family's degree of literacy during these years.

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  2. apeNovember 18, 2014 at 9:13 AM

    Visited Oneworld...

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  3. emad.atef.ezzat@gmail.comNovember 18, 2014 at 9:14 AM

    I link this post on my Facebook account

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  4. Robert BrenchleyNovember 18, 2014 at 2:27 PM

    Jesus may or may not have been married. Mary may have been his wife or a family member. I'd be interested to have this book, and see some scholarship on the issue.

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  5. Chris McElmurrayNovember 18, 2014 at 6:11 PM

    Visited Oneworld!

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  6. GargantuaNovember 19, 2014 at 3:10 AM

    I visited Oneworld webpage and even I've read the introduction of your newest book ('cause I think that it's the newest..., isn't it?).

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  7. Wil CharlesNovember 19, 2014 at 7:14 AM

    I visited the Oneworld religions page.

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  8. Jason GardnerNovember 19, 2014 at 8:45 AM

    Tweeted the givewaway

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  9. Jason GardnerNovember 19, 2014 at 8:46 AM

    Visited the OneWorld page. That sounds awfully new agey and conspiratorial!

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  10. Jason GardnerNovember 19, 2014 at 8:52 AM

    Hmmm... Names? Ricky and Bobby--no anachronism there!

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  11. Richard KlausNovember 19, 2014 at 9:17 AM

    I visited the Oneworld webpage and browsed around awhile.

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  12. Richard KlausNovember 19, 2014 at 9:18 AM

    Children's names: "Alpha" (she is the firstborn) and "Omega" (he is last one we're having!)

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  13. UnknownNovember 19, 2014 at 3:04 PM

    Children names - John and John, mainly because it would add even more fun to the problem of the identity of the author(s) of the Johannine literature.

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  14. antonNovember 21, 2014 at 2:34 AM

    count me in please!

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  15. UnknownNovember 23, 2014 at 2:18 AM

    Been on Oneworld religion page

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  16. UnknownNovember 23, 2014 at 2:18 AM

    Posted it on my mother's fb account since I don't have mine

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  17. UnknownNovember 25, 2014 at 11:56 AM

    Retweeted!

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  18. UnknownNovember 25, 2014 at 11:57 AM

    Visited the OneWorld site.

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  19. UnknownNovember 25, 2014 at 12:05 PM

    Jesus' "imaginary" children were likely named Coriander and Thyme – I've heard reports that the Spice Girls are descended from these two daughters of our Lord and King.

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  20. Michael SparksNovember 27, 2014 at 11:08 AM

    I visited the Oneworld webpage.

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  21. 83bdubDecember 3, 2014 at 12:03 PM

    Visited the site.

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