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Well, I see Elaine Pagels spoke for herself in the NYTimes this morning Yet those early Christians who loved and revered such texts did not think of themselves as heretics, but as Christians who had received not only what Jesus preached publicly, but also what he taught his disciples when they were talking privately. Many…

Watched the National Geographic Gospel of Judas show. So..here’s the summary. Lots of cheesy re-enactments of the finding of the document, the scholars’ encounters with it, as well as various ancient events. Like, you know, Irenaues SWEEPING the scrolls he’s just finished condemning off the table. The program is split between the story of the…

Philip Jenkins on the G of J. Oh, and do catch the comments on the right hand rail. They’re always so..enlightening. Also dubious are the claims made for the supposed startling or revolutionary qualities of the "Gospel of Judas." Nothing in it—in tone, content, or substance—differs significantly from any one of dozens of Gnostic texts…

Best laid plans of mice and parents… Yes, I had hoped for almost all day Thursday to be spent in Charleston, but ’twas not to be. For, as noted previously, at 11pm Wednesday night, we heard a faint whine: "My ear hurts." Anyone with a child knows that’s just about the worst thing you can…
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