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Oct 2 Blog

Nag Hammadi Codices

By: Marek Dospěl

The Nag Hammadi Codices are a group of papyrus manuscripts discovered near the city of Nag Hammadi in southern Egypt, about 70 miles north of […]

Jul 31 Blog

Liberator of the Nag Hammadi Codices

By: Charles W. Hedrick

A cache of ancient Christian Gnostic texts was found near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945—two years before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Similar to the situation with the Dead Sea Scrolls, a monopoly of scholars held up the publication of the Nag Hammadi texts and would not permit anyone else to see them. The late Jim Robinson intervened, and by 1970 he had managed to free the Nag Hammadi Codices.

Jan 4 Blog

The Da Vinci Code

By: Reviewed by Ben Witherington, III

Ben Witherington, III reviews "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown.

Dec 10 Blog

Mary Magdalene Understood

By: Reviewed by Amy-Jill Levine

Amy-Jill Levine reviews "Mary Magdalene Understood" by Jane Schaberg with Melanie Johnson-Debaufre.

Feb 20 Blog

Further Comments by Charlesworth

By: James Charlesworth

Back to “Jesus Tomb” Controversy Erupts—Again Rebutting Sensational Claims Concerning a Symposium in Jerusalem Introduction. A carefully planned and highly successful symposium in Jerusalem—on Jewish […]

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