This week your professor continues a very brief introduction into the early rivals of Christianity. We know of a great many religious cults which existed in ancient times, most of which have vanished ...

St. Thomas arguably is the most popular chronicler of Jesus -- outside organized Christianity, that is. Discovered more than half a century ago at Nag Hammadi, Egypt, the Gospel of Thomas is a listing ...

The problem began with the act of assembling the New Testament itself. According to Pagels the earliest group of Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke (the so-called Synoptic Gospels), shared with the ...

Timing is everything. Jesus’ fatal confrontations with religious and political authorities in Jerusalem coincided with the crowds of pilgrims arriving for Passover. Almost 2,000 years later, attentive ...

I am often able to catch a few minutes of the news before I trek off to my office. I noticed that the national news program was talking about a historical manuscript, the so-called "Gospel of Judas".