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Scholarly Smackdown: Were Mary Magdalene and Jesus Married?

One Bible scholar says there's no evidence. Another argues that John's gospel and a Gnostic text offer clues to a marriage.

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How Gnostic Jesus Became the Christ of Scholars

Images of Jesus as a Gnostic or crypto-Buddhist sage are popular because they reflect the ideological needs of certain audiences

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American Professor: Skeleton May Be of John the Baptist

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Why Jesus Didn't Marry

Given that Jesus was not married, the question becomes 'why not?' A look at some of the possibilities.

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Unpacking 'The Code'

What's true in Dan Brown's 'Da Vinci Code' and what's pure historical fiction?

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Stereotype vs. Scripture

How would today's Christianity be different if women had been given an equal seat at the table when Christianity was formulated?

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Scholarly Smackdown: Is 'The Da Vinci Code' Anti-Christian?

One side: The story defames a faith. The other side: It launched a modern Reformation.

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Text Discoveries that Back Up the Bible

Scholars look to ancient writings like the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Didache to explore the historicity of the gospels.

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Biblical Scroll Fragments Found in Israel

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