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10 Great Biblical Artifacts at the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2015. It has been updated.—Ed. There are a number of artifacts related to Biblical archaeology in museums across the world. One of these...
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The Nag Hammadi Codices and Gnostic Christianity
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in March 2011.—Ed. The Nag Hammadi texts were contained in 13 leather-bound volumes discovered by Egyptian farmers in 1945. Dated papyrus...
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The Siloam Pool: Where Jesus Healed the Blind Man
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2011.—Ed. In 2004, the stepped remains of the ancient Siloam Pool, long thought to be located elsewhere, were uncovered near the City of...
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What Did Jesus Really Look Like?
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2011.—Ed. What did Jesus look like? This popular cover of the November/December 2010 issue of BAR juxtaposes two artistic representations...
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What Is Coptic and Who Were the Copts in Ancient Egypt?
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2015.—Ed. WHAT IS COPTIC, AND WHO WERE THE COPTS? Dated to the fourth–fifth century C.E., the Codex Grazier is written in the Coptic...
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Was Mary Magdalene Wife of Jesus? Was Mary Magdalene a Prostitute?
Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute? Was Mary Magdalene wife of Jesus? Her being a repentant whore was not part of the biblical text. Photo: Private Collection / Bridgeman Art Library / Courtesy of IAP...
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Bible Secrets Revealed, Episode 3: “The Forbidden Scriptures”
The History Channel’s new series Bible Secrets Revealed tackles the mysteries of the Bible over the course of six weeks. Bible Secrets Revealed airs on Wednesdays at 10 pm EST on the History Channel....
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Jesus as Lord of the Dance
A page from the Qasr el-Wizz Codex. Credit: Péter Hubai, A Megváltó a keresztről: Kopt apokrifek Núbiából (A Kasr El-Wizz kódex) (Cahiers Patristiques, Textes Coptes; Budapest: Szent István Társulat,...
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The Sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas
Jesus says, “Blessed is the lion that a person will eat and the lion will become human.” Jesus says, “Every woman who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven.” This third-century papyrus...
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Christian Apocrypha: The “Lost Gospels”?
The 27 books of the canonical New Testament were settled in Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria’s annual Easter letter (the 39th Festal Letter) in 367 C.E. It was once believed that this pronouncement,...
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