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From “Thou Shalt Not Kill” through “God Wills It!” and Beyond: The Inevitable...

 From “Thou Shalt Not Kill” through “God Wills It!” and Beyond: The Inevitable Arc of Changing Christian Attitudes Towards War By Del Stewart Master’s Thesis, American Public University System, 2014...

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Jesus Lived Here? Archaeologists discover ancient house in Nazareth

A building thought to be where Mary and Joseph raised Jesus has been found by an archaeologist from the University of Reading. While conducting a wider archaeological study of Nazareth and its...

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Transformation of a City: The Christianization of Jerusalem in the Fourth...

Transformation of a City: The Christianization of Jerusalem in the Fourth Century By Jan Willem Drijvers Cults, Creeds and Identities in the Greek City After the Classical Age, edited by R. Alston, O....

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Reactionary Paganism: Renewal and Invention of Traditions in Late Fourth...

Reactionary Paganism: Renewal and Invention of Traditions in Late Fourth Century Rome By Ioannis Papadopoulos Paper given at the 2015 International Medieval Congress, held at the University of Leeds...

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Another Side of Egypt: Faith After the Pharaohs at the British Museum

Stamps bearing the distinctive symbols of Judaism, Christianity and Islam – the Menorah, Cross and Arabic script. The British Museum. Photo by Medievalists.net We know a lot about religion in Ancient...

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A Curator’s View: Egypt – Faith After the Pharaohs

Seated figure of the ancient Egyptian god Horus, wearing Roman military costume, limestone, Egypt, 1st–2nd century AD © The Trustees of the British Museum. The British Museum’s Egypt: Faith After the...

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New Releases: Ancient Books for the Holiday Season!

Buy this book SPQR Author: Mary Beard Publisher: Liveright; 1 edition (November 9, 2015) Summary A sweeping, revisionist history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists. Ancient Rome...

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The State They Were in: Luke’s View of the Roman Empire

The State They Were in: Luke’s View of the Roman Empire By Steve Walton Rome in the Bible and the Early Church, ed. Peter Oakes (Carlisle, 2002) Introduction: Scholars have long debated Luke’s view of...

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Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday

By Brent Landau This April 1, Christians will be celebrating Easter, the day on which the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place. The date of celebration changes from year to year. The...

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The Search for Early Christian Egypt: Archaeology and the Treasures of the...

The Search for Early Christian Egypt: Archaeology and the Treasures of the Desert Lecture by Darlene Brooks Hedstrom Given at Lanier Theological Library, on May 26, 2018 How did Christianity reach...

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