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Welcome everyone to a very special episode of Misquoting Jesus - our 100th episode! In keeping with our centesimal celebration (hey, it's a word!), we’re going to be exploring the world of Christianity 100 years after Jesus’ death. Was Christianity still a small, persecuted offshoot of apocalyptic Judaism, or had it spread far and wide? Was it still an apocalyptic religion, and what theological disagreements had occurred? Megan has the questions, and Bart, as always, has the answers.
Megan asks Bart:
- What was the eastern Mediterranean like, 100 years after Jesus’ death? Had the political situation changed much in that time?
- What sources do we rely on for this time period?
- How about for Christianity, what sources do we have?
- What did Christianity look like in this time period?
- Can you give some examples of the different groups and their differing beliefs?
- Can we estimate how many people would have called themselves “Christian” 100 years after Jesus’ death?
- How far had Christianity spread, geographically, by this time?
- Were the apocalyptic teachings of Jesus still being taken literally?
- Had Christianity become a mainstream religion, or were Christians still being persecuted?
- We’ve talked about how this early Christianity was different to what we might have expected, but how was it similar? Is there anything that we might recognize as being Christian?
- If you had to guess, how do you think Jesus would have felt about what his movement had become?
Visit bartehrman.com/courses to shop from Bart Ehrman’s online courses and get a special discount by using code: MJPODCAST on all courses.
Welcome everyone to a very special episode of Misquoting Jesus - our 100th episode! In keeping with our centesimal celebration (hey, it's a word!), we’re going to be exploring the world of Christianity 100 years after Jesus’ death. Was Christianity still a small, persecuted offshoot of apocalyptic Judaism, or had it spread far and wide? Was it still an apocalyptic religion, and what theological disagreements had occurred? Megan has the questions, and Bart, as always, has the answers.
Megan asks Bart:
- What was the eastern Mediterranean like, 100 years after Jesus’ death? Had the political situation changed much in that time?
- What sources do we rely on for this time period?
- How about for Christianity, what sources do we have?
- What did Christianity look like in this time period?
- Can you give some examples of the different groups and their differing beliefs?
- Can we estimate how many people would have called themselves “Christian” 100 years after Jesus’ death?
- How far had Christianity spread, geographically, by this time?
- Were the apocalyptic teachings of Jesus still being taken literally?
- Had Christianity become a mainstream religion, or were Christians still being persecuted?
- We’ve talked about how this early Christianity was different to what we might have expected, but how was it similar? Is there anything that we might recognize as being Christian?
- If you had to guess, how do you think Jesus would have felt about what his movement had become?
