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Early Christianity

The early period in the history of Christianity, including its development and relationship to Jewish traditions.

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Jan 20, 2026

What is the scholarly consensus on the date and compositional layers of 1 Enoch’s Parables (chs. 37–71) and their influence on Second Temple Judaism?

Scholars broadly agree that the Parables (1 Enoch 37–71) are a later, composite layer within the 1 Enoch corpus, likely crystallizing in the late first century BCE to early first century CE, and that ...

Jan 5, 2026

How do early Christian writers like Pliny the Younger and Suetonius corroborate or differ from Tacitus and Josephus about early Christianity?

Early non-Christian writers—Tacitus and Josephus—provide brief but pointed references that align on key facts about Jesus and the emergent Christian movement (crucifixion under Pilate; growth and orig...