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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:
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What
does the historicity of Jesus mean?
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Historical methodology and
the existence of Jesus
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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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