Tag: Christianity
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Codex Alexandrinus and GA 81: Lessons from a Grieving Library
May 27th, 2026 By Mina Monier The ‘Walled-Up’ Library and GA 81 In October 2017, less than two months before my PhD defence, I travelled back to Egypt in an attempt to locate manuscripts for a postdoctoral grant proposal. The primary catalyst for this search was a manuscript now held in the British Library (Add…
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Categorizing History into Oblivion: Does Pauline Christianity Exist?
By Sarah E. Rollens If you open a New Testament textbook, even one purporting to approach the topic from a historical perspective, you will no doubt encounter numerous intriguing—and often very specialized—categories and classifications. This specialized terminology might include some or all of the following: fulfillment citation, Gnostic Christianity, infancy gospel, Pauline Christianity, kerygma, Synoptic…
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Teaching a Non-Elite New Testament
by Stephen Ahearne-Kroll I have taught an introductory level New Testament course in one form or another for most of my 20-year career in academics. I have taught it at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels. I have taught it with and without textbooks, with research papers, essays, essay exams, and multiple choice exams. I…
