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Roman Empire
Rome was one of the great powers of the ancient world and it was a powerful factor in the spread of Christianity. Find out more about the history of this mighty empire. In 700 B.C., Rome was a small city in Italy that controlled only the area close around it. By 508 B.C. it had developed the form of government…
READ MORECritical Perspectives: Author! Author!
The New Testament didn’t appear out of thin air. Find out how the New Testament was compiled and explore the reliability of the canon.In the ancient world, pseudonymous writing was not unknown. Letters written in the name of an apostle, originating in a circle of early Christians, perhaps by someone influenced by an apostle's ministry, evoked the apostle's authority on…
READ MOREDebunking Heresies: Looking at The Da Vinci Code through the Eyes of Irenaeus
The Gnostic ideas in The Da Vinci Code are not new. In fact, Irenaeus addressed these ideas thousands of years ago in his work Against Heresies.The Bible did not arrive by fax from heaven. ... The Bible is a product of man, my dear. Not of God. The Bible did not fall magically from the clouds. Man created it as…
READ MOREAbout The Da Vinci Code
Find out about the novel The Da Vinci Code from a scholarly perspective.An Interview with Professor Charles W. HedrickCharles W. Hedrick is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Missouri State University. Among his many publications are The Apocalypse of Adam (Wipf & Stock, 2005), Many Things in Parables: Jesus and His Modern Critics (Westminster John Knox, 2004), and When History and Faith…
READ MOREWhy are the early Christian writings important?
What weight do early Christian writings have in biblical scholarship? Find out in this interview with Scott Elliott, Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship about ancient texts and the Da Vinci Code.During an interview, Mr. Scott Elliott, then a Bible scholar at the Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship, was asked to comment on the recent surge of public interest in early Christian…
READ MORECritical Perspectives: Searching for the Historical Jesus
Learn about Jesus in the context of first century historical documents.The recent deluge of books and movies on early Christian literature has generated much interest among Christians and non-Christians alike. Amid skepticism and apologetics, readers seek answers to questions that bring the historical Jesus to the forefront of the debate. Who was he? What evidence do we have, besides the…
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