Book notice, Jesus and the Chaos of History: Redirecting the Life of the Historical Jesus  (OUP, February 2015) : Here is the summary: ...

Once, just once, could we have a hoax that claimed Jesus married someone else? Does it always have to be Mary Magdalene? According to the ne...

Elaine Reid at Alban Books, the UK distributor for Eerdmans and other presses, has generously offered readers of the Jesus Blog a 25% discou...

If you're near Birmingham (think Ozzy Osbourne, not Emmy Lou Harris) between Nov. 25-Dec. 3, you might interested in attending the Cadbu...

On Facebook this morning, I learned that the first copy of Loren Stuckenbruck's new book, The Myth of Rebellious Angels , has been deliv...

I have heard of, but not read, Mike Bird's latest book . I hope to get my hands on it soon. I was surprised to learn that Mike has embra...

I've recently been doing some research on John 21 for my next book, as well as for my SBL presentation in November.  One of the enduri...

"'God on the cross.' Never yet and nowhere has there been an equal boldness in reversal, something so horrible, questioning,...

According to our Statistics department here at the Jesus Blog, Anthony's last post was our 1,000th post.  In celebration, we're givi...

But for me that Church of which the Pope is the acknowledged head on earth has as chief claim that it is the one that has (and still does)...

It is that time of year again! The masks are being touched up. The costumes are at the cleaners. The dirty tricks and sweet treats are on ...

My thanks to my sister, Lisa Le Donne, for pointing me to this political cartoon: -anthony

A couple days ago I was alerted to this short article by Rabbi Laura Geller. Geller showcases Regina Jonas (1902–1944). Jonas studied at th...