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Article by Sarah Ebner He owes his success to history, but the author Terry Deary has described historians as “seedy and devious”. From The Times May 31, 2010

A recent photo of dr-baker-in-his-study.jpg reminded me of the usefulness of internet research. Here’s a few pointers. Important websites (“meta-sites”) See the relevant links for Biblical Studies on the useful links pages. A particularly useful site for New Testament work is the New Testament Gateway. For Old Testament / Hebrew Bible, the iTankakh site, Ralph [...]

MEN and MOVEMENTS: An EARLY CHURCH HISTORY TIMELINE  c95 AD Gospel of John completed; Clement’s letter to the Corinthians written  100 Last books of NT (probably 2 Peter, 1 John) written. Patristic period begins   110 Letters & Martyrdom of Ignatius of Antioch  144 Marcion is excommunicated by the Church of Rome  151 1st Apology of [...]

Just a reminder that one of the course requirements of the Romans module is a reading and analysis of Philip Esler’s important book Conflict and Identity in Romans: The Social Setting of Paul’s Letter You can find the book at http://www.amazon.com/Conflict-Identity-Romans-Social-Setting/dp/0800634357 though have a look at http://abebooks.co.uk (where I got my cheaper copy) Here’s a [quite academic] [...]

By popular demand I am posting the essay on heresies-in-the-early-churh.doc with due acknowledgement to Robert Jones who has written a number of first class Church History courses for adult Sunday School classes. Check out his work by following the links in the document.