Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden’ in Greek, but it is often used to describe texts that are outside the official biblical canon.

In December 1945, Muhammad Ali—not the boxer but a peasant farmer from Nag Hammadi, a town of Upper Egypt—uncovered an ancient earthenware jar. Muhammad and his brother broke it open and found books, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the second century, as the canonical Gospels were being copied and circulated throughout the Roman Empire, another text about the life of Jesus was simultaneously spreading.

Bart D. Ehrman is something of a superman when it comes to scriptural studies. He’s a tireless and prolific scholar who has given us countless titles about the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christy Cobb, University of Denver (THE CONVERSATION) Of Jesus’ 12 disciples, Saint ...

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