The Christian apocrypha, texts not included in the Bible, include stories of Jesus’ female followers – including St. Thecla.

The Biblia Sacra et Ultra includes 300 complete books in the print portion, plus permanent digital access to an expanded and growing library of thousands of additional works Expanding on previous ...

Karen L. King is Professor of New Testament Studies and the History of Ancient Christianity at Harvard University in the Divinity School. She has published widely in the areas of Gnosticism, ancient ...

We refer routinely to “Paul’s Letter to the Philippians” or “the Gospel of Luke,” and most Christians today assume that Paul and Luke were the authors of these works. Countless paintings throughout ...

The early Christian tradition was marked by a dynamic interplay between written texts and performative practices. The transmission and reception of theological and ethical messages were deeply ...