Category Archives: New Testament course series

“Who is this guy?”: The Gospel of Mark on the identity of Jesus (NT 1.3)

A second highly probable thing about the historical Jesus: Immersion by John the Baptizer

A very Jewish Jesus: The Gospel of Matthew’s portrait (NT 1.4)

Alexander the Great (d. 323 BCE) and Christian origins (NT 1.2)

Breaking news: Early Christians had no New Testament (NT 2.1)

Breaking news: Early Christians were impious atheists . . . (NT 3.2)

Christian Origins (NT 1.1)

Contexts of early Christianity (NT 3.1)

Interpreting Judean scriptures in Paul’s time (NT 2.10)

It’s the end of the world as we know it: Paul’s apocalyptic worldview (NT 2.6)

Let’s talk about sects: Diversity in Second-Temple Judaism (NT 2.3)

Luke’s portrait of Jesus: Prophet Elijah and “Saviour” (NT 2.14)

Paul and the situation at Galatia — again (NT 2.9)

Paul and the Super-apostles at Corinth (NT 2.8)

Paul, the Galatians, and circumcision (NT 1.6)

Was Paul a man of his time?: Contemporaries on the treatment of slaves (NT 2.11)