Offers a glimpse of three of Jesus's most important followers, discussing what the writings of the New Testament reveal about each and separating historical fact from myth, and assessing their real roles in the early church.[...]

Bart Ehrman a leading biblical scholar reveals the many challenging and even disturbing, early variations of our cherished biblical stories.With the advent of the printing press and the subsequent publishing culture that reproduces exact copies of texts en masse, most people who read the Bible today[...]

In times of questioning and despair, people often quote the Bible to provide answers. Surprisingly, though, the Bible does not have one answer but many "answers" that often contradict one another. Consider these competing explanations for suffering put forth by various biblical writers: The prophets[...]

This codex-one of the greatest discoveries in Judeo-Christian archaeology-did not head straight to a museum, or even to the library of a rich collector. The gospel's removal from its burial place was just the beginning of a bizarre cloak-and-dagger journey. "The Gospel of Judas, " treated like a pie[...]

This book challenges traditional Christian teaching about Jesus. While his followers may have seen him as the Son of God, preaching the good news, and working miracles, Smith asserts that this truth about Jesus is more interesting and rather unsettling.The real Jesus, only barely glimpsed because of[...]