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January 3, 2003
On December 23, Early Christian Writings was mentioned as being a "remarkable" web site in the Monday editorial column written by Robert Bartley of the Wall Street Journal. Our server logged a record number of visitors that day. Thanks Bob!
I have launched a new Gospel of Thomas Commentary web site. This web site has the original Coptic and Greek, multiple translations, parallel passages, scholarly quotes, and visitor comments for each saying of the Gospel of Thomas. So far, the reviews have been great! Give it a look, and I think you will find it very interesting and useful.
I have created a Free Out of Print Book Search where you can search multiple book sellers for new and used books at one place.
Roger Pearse has updated his Additional Church Fathers project, which we mirror here at Early Christian Writings. Pearse has done an enormous amount of work making these lesser-known works available freely on the net.
October 14, 2002
Please support this web site by buying the CD with over 250 MB of information and texts!
October 14, 2002
I have added the Church Fathers Outside the ANF-NPNF Collection web page for a selection of patristic writings not heretofore available online.
I have added a few books to the Online Books page, including:
Finally, I have added these forty-two entries to the web site.
Enjoy all this new material!
September 16, 2002
Ever wonder how the earliest commentators interpreted a particular New Testament passage? Wonder no longer! With the aid of home-made computer software, I have now made available the e-Catena project. It is a comprehensive collection of references to the New Testament culled from the Ante-Nicene Fathers.
August 16, 2002
I added a web page detailing the Fragments of Irenaeus in Eusebius, with both the English and the Greek, for which you will need a Unicode font in order to view.
I updated many old URL's, removed dead links, and added new links, particularly to studies on the New Testament books and the IVP commentaries now available through the Bible Gateway. Noteworthy are the links to projects of putting the Greek from Lightfoot's Apostolic Fathers online.
I added a few entries to the Online Books list.
August 7, 2002
A while ago I finished the summaries for twenty-four Historical Jesus Theories.
I have added a link to my MachineTranslation discussion group.
I have added Clement's Stromata, Book III, in English, translated J.E.L. Oulton and scanned by Jay Raskin.
A long time ago I added Goodspeed's An Introduction to the New Testament, scanned by Peter Kirby and Wally Williams.
Recently I placed The Works of Philo by C. D. Yonge on the web. The complete set of works in forty-six text files is available for download in ZIP format.
Some links to books on other web sites were added to Online Books.
November 2, 2001
I added images to several of the entries in Early Christian Writings.
I added a color-coded edition of the Pre-Markan Passion Narrative based on the data gathered by Soards on the number of scholars who favor the authenticity of each verse.
I have added a Google search box to the main page so that visitors can search the hundreds of pages that make up the Early Christian Writings web site.
October 6, 2001
Several changes have been made over the past month.
Most importantly, the site moved to a domain name at earlychristianwritings.com.
I have added to the page on Theories of the Historical Jesus.
I have added over 300 texts amounting to about 25 MB here.
I have added a few dozen information files of about 1 MB here.
I have added thematic pages on the New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, and Church Fathers
I have added an Alphabetical Listing of the documents.
I have created a graphical interface for the home page.
I have made changes so that visitors with JavaScript enabled and a screen size of 1024 or higher will see the documents in three columns.
I have added a link for Internet Explorer browsers to bookmark the page.
I have added a Tell a Friend page so that a person can quickly and easily send a friend an e-mail about the web site.
I have added several links to books on amazon.com throughout the site.
I have added a section for Online Books with links to scholarly books throughout the web.
I have added The Quest of the Historical Jesus by Albert Schweitzer.
I have added The Birth of the Christian Religion by Alfred Loisy.
I have added The Origins of the New Testament by Alfred Loisy.
Several other projects for bringing books on-line are on the way.
I have added the MindIt service to the "What's New?" web page.
August 25, 2001
I have added to the page on Theories of Christian Origins.
I have added a page on Origen.
I have added a page on Hippolytus of Rome.
I have added a page on Tertullian.
I have added a page on Clement of Alexandria.
I have added a page on Theophilus of Antioch.
I have added a page on The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs.
I have added a page on Galen.
I have added a page on The Dura-Europos Gospel Harmony.
I have added a page on The Odes of Solomon.
I have added a page on Mara Bar-Serapion.
August 8, 2001
I have added to the page on Theories of Christian Origins.
I have added to the page on Quadratus.
I have added to the page on Aristides.
I have added to the page on Basilides.
I have added to the page on Traditions of Matthias.
I have added to the page on 2 Clement.
I have added to the page on Justin Martyr.
I have added to the page on the Acts of Peter.
I have added to the page on the Acts of Paul.
I have added to the page on the Acts of Thomas.
I have added to the page on the Acts of Andrew.
I have added a page on the Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles.
August 2, 2001
I have added a page on The Jesus Seminar - Decisions of Authenticity.
July 29, 2001
I have added a project on Theories of Christian Origins.
July 24, 2001
I updated comments on the Book of Hebrews.
I updated comments on the Gospel of Thomas.
I updated comments on 1 Clement.
I added comments to Ignatius of Antioch.
I added comments to the Shepherd of Hermas.
I added the Signs Gospel.
I added the Passion Narrative.
July 23, 2001
I updated comments on the Didache.
I updated comments on the Gospel of John.
I updated comments on Luke and Acts.
I updated comments on the Sayings Gospel Q.
June 28, 2001
I added a Review of The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide by Gerd Theissen and Annette Merz.
June 10, 2001
I added a page on Josephus.
I added an essay on The Testimonium Flavianum.
May 29, 2001
I added a page on the Gospel of the Savior.
May 28, 2001
I added a resource to the Marcion page.
I added a page on Tacitus.
I added a page on Suetonius.
I added a page on Pliny the Younger.
May 27, 2001
I added The Muratorian Canon.
May 23, 2001
I updated the information on 1 Thessalonians.
I updated the information on Philippians.
I updated the information on Galatians.
May 22, 2001
I updated the information on the Epistula Apostolorum.
May 1, 2001
I updated the information on Diatessaron.
March 7, 2001
I added information on the Didache.
March 4, 2001
I updated the information on 2 Thessalonians.
February 24, 2001
I added an essay on The Existence of Q.
February 23, 2001
I added information on the Didache.
I added the Greek Text of the Gospel of Peter and Patristic References to the Gospel of Peter.
February 21, 2001
I added information to The Contents of Q.
I added an excerpt from Carl Patton on The Priority of Mark.
February 20, 2001
The information sections of the following files were updated.
February 19, 2001
The information sections of the following files were updated.
February 18, 2001
The following files were added today.
The information sections of the following files were updated.
February 16, 2001
The following files were added today.
The information sections of the following files were updated.
February 15, 2001
Today the information sections of the following files were updated. The major change in most cases was from full quotation into paraphrase and partial quotation of secondary sources.
The table of contents page has been coded so that there are two columns if and only if (1) the browser is Javascript enabled and (2) the screen resolution is at least 800x600.
February 14, 2001
The web site goes live on Valentine's Day!
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