Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Sign up for New Insights into the New Testament here!: religionforbreakfast--ehrman.thrivecart.com/nint2023
Join our Patreon community!: patreon.com/religionforbreakfast
One-time donations here!: paypal.me/religionforbreakfast
Check out my favorite religious studies books by following this affiliate link to my Amazon page: amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast
Most scholars agree Jesus had a brother named James. But a bunch of ancient Christians thought he had another brother. An identical twin brother: Judas Didymus Thomas. Where did this belief come from? And what was its significance?
Bibliography:
Gregory Riley, "Didymos Judas Thomas: The Twin Brother of Jesus," in Kimberley Patton (ed.), "Gemini and the Sacred: Twins and Twinship in Religion and Mythology," Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
M. David Litwa, “I Will Become Him”: Homology and Deification in the Gospel of Thomas, Journal of Biblical Literature, SBL Volume 134, Number 2, 2015. pp. 427-447
Select footage courtesy of Getty
Sign up for New Insights into the New Testament here!: religionforbreakfast--ehrman.thrivecart.com/nint2023
Join our Patreon community!: patreon.com/religionforbreakfast
One-time donations here!: paypal.me/religionforbreakfast
Check out my favorite religious studies books by following this affiliate link to my Amazon page: amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast
Most scholars agree Jesus had a brother named James. But a bunch of ancient Christians thought he had another brother. An identical twin brother: Judas Didymus Thomas. Where did this belief come from? And what was its significance?
Bibliography:
Gregory Riley, "Didymos Judas Thomas: The Twin Brother of Jesus," in Kimberley Patton (ed.), "Gemini and the Sacred: Twins and Twinship in Religion and Mythology," Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
M. David Litwa, “I Will Become Him”: Homology and Deification in the Gospel of Thomas, Journal of Biblical Literature, SBL Volume 134, Number 2, 2015. pp. 427-447
Select footage courtesy of Getty
