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Smith's Secret Mark
by Paul J. Achtemeier
The New "Fragment of an Uncanonical Gospel"
by A. Büchler
Pagan Christ or Jewish Messiah?
by Laurence and Shirley Dalton
The Outer Evidence as to the Gospels
by G. R. S. Mead
The Synoptical Problem
by G. R. S. Mead
The Fourth-Gospel Problem
by G. R. S. Mead
The Religion of Flavius Josephus
by James A. Montgomery
Smith's Secret Mark
by Norman R. Petersen
By Land and By Sea
by Vernon K. Robbins
The Christ Passage in Josephus
by Solomon Zeitlin

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Response to Gakusei Don
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Jesus Myth and Second Century Christian Writings
by Gakusei Don
Interpolation in 2 Corinthians
by Sid Green
Sons of Zadok
Interpolation in 2 Corinthians
by Sid Green
Sons of Zadok
by Sid Green
Qumran and Early Christianity
by Sid Green
Citations concerning the Testimonium
by David C. Hindley
A Note on Trypho
by Peter Kirby
Robert Price vs Gregory Boyd
by Peter Kirby
The Etymology of Jesus H. Christ
by Peter Kirby
The Seven Apostles
by Peter Kirby
Jesus Variants
by Peter Kirby
Euripides and Luke
by Peter Kirby
First Person Perspective in Ancient Sea Travel
by Peter Kirby
External References to Islam
by Peter Kirby
Paul and Damascus
by R. E. Lay
Acts
by Chris Price
The Miracles of Jesus
by Chris Price
Marcion
by Chris Price
Paul's Belief in a Bodily Resurrection
by Chris Price

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Kirby's blog and sundry essays about early Christianity. Christian Origins is dedicated to publishing articles distinguished by their attention to detail and reasoned approach. A gamut of viewpoints are presented in essays by laymen and scholars. Send an e-mail to Peter Kirby with ideas for an article or book review. Thanks!

Your article is wanted!

Articles are accepted after review and may be written either by laymen or scholars. Send an e-mail to kirby@earthlink.net with an existing essay or an idea for a new article. Articles are solicited on the following topics:

  • What does the historicity of Jesus mean?
  • Historical methodology and the existence of Jesus
  • The argument from silence
  • The relationship of Platonism to early Christianity
  • The mystery religions and primitive Christianity
  • The significance of Gnosticism
  • Corruption, forgery, and suppression in the early church
  • The "James, brother of Jesus" ossuary
  • What does Paul really say about Jesus?
  • Jewish pseudepigrapha and Jewish mysticism
  • Josephus on Jesus
  • Other Non-Christian References (Tacitus, Pliny, etc.)
  • The problem of rapid apotheosis
  • The problem of doctrinal diversity in the Jesus movement
  • The theory that Jesus was a shadowy man of the indefinite past
  • The theory of Jesus as a Cosmic Christ made Galilean peasant
  • The Homeric Hypothesis of R. MacDonald
  • The Lectionary Hypothesis of Goulder and Spong
  • The Pagan Parallels
  • Old Testament Midrash
  • Articles on the deutero-Pauline epistles, non-Pauline epistles, Hebrews, Revelation, sayings gospels, the Gospel of Mark, the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel of Luke, the Gospel of John, the Acts of the Apostles, the Apocrypha, the Apostolic Fathers, or the Apologists as they relate to the debate over the existence of Jesus

Articles may vary in length from 1,000 to 20,000 words. The author retains the copyright and may republish elsewhere. There is currently no compensation. All articles will be reviewed before publication. Thank you for your interest in this endeavor!

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