BOOK REVIEW The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianityby David Brakke 2010 About the AuthorDavid Brakke is the Ohio State University Joe R. Engle Chair in the History of Christianity and Professor of History. He received the B.A. in English from the University of Virginia (1983), M.Div. from Harvard University (1986), and Ph.D. … Continue reading The Gnostics

BOOK REVIEW The Jesus Dynastyby James D. Tabor 2007 About the AuthorJames D. Tabor is chair of the department of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He holds a PhD in biblical studies and is an expert on Christian origins. He is the author of several books, among them The Jesus Dynasty. … Continue reading The Jesus Dynasty

BOOK REVIEW Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bibleby Russell E. Gmirkin 2017 About the AuthorRussell E. Gmirkin is a writer, researcher, and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar living in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus: Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch (2006). About the BookPlato … Continue reading Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible

BOOK REVIEW God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everythingby Christopher Hitchens 2007 About the AuthorChristopher Hitchens was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair,Slate, and the Atlantic, and the author of numerous books, including works on Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and George Orwell. He also wrote the international bestsellers god Is Not Great: How Religion … Continue reading God Is Not Great

BOOK REVIEWThe Messiah Myth: The Near Eastern Roots of Jesus and Davidby Thomas L. Thompson 2005 About the AuthorThomas L. Thompson (born January 7, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American-born Danish biblical scholar and theologian. He was professor of theology at the University of Copenhagen from 1993 to 2009. He currently lives in Denmark. … Continue reading The Messiah Myth