4 de out. de 2026
Horários em America/New_York
Programação arquivada deste dia. O player abre a transmissão ao vivo.
Investigate the broad adaptations Christianity made in a relatively short period.
Note influences in early Christianity beyond the pivotal figures of Jesus and Paul.
Working from a historical perspective, what can we learn about what Jesus most likely said and did?
In this episode, examine the world within which the Christian religion was born.
Learn how scholars have approached the Gospels in a number of ways (including as history-like stories).
What is the historical evidence for the accuracy of some gospel accounts, and how do historians assess it?
Is it possible to move behind the written accounts to learn more about the oral tradition of the Gospels?
Other written sources about Jesus have come down from antiquity. What are these noncanonical Gospels like?
Examine some issues essential to understanding how Christianity began.
Meet the pagan, polytheistic religions that dominated the early world.
Examine the life of Jesus of Nazareth both outside and within the Gospels.
Explore recorded traditions circulating orally over the intervening years.
Ponder the value of the historical study of Christianity for the past and future.
Investigate the culture of the Mediterranean world in which Christianity was born.
Examine the circumstances of Jewish life in ancient Palestine and the Diaspora.
Consider the resurrection as marking the birth of Christianity.
Investigate the broad adaptations Christianity made in a relatively short period.
Note influences in early Christianity beyond the pivotal figures of Jesus and Paul.
Working from a historical perspective, what can we learn about what Jesus most likely said and did?
In this episode, examine the world within which the Christian religion was born.
Learn how scholars have approached the Gospels in a number of ways (including as history-like stories).
What is the historical evidence for the accuracy of some gospel accounts, and how do historians assess it?
Is it possible to move behind the written accounts to learn more about the oral tradition of the Gospels?
Other written sources about Jesus have come down from antiquity. What are these noncanonical Gospels like?
Examine some issues essential to understanding how Christianity began.
Meet the pagan, polytheistic religions that dominated the early world.
Examine the life of Jesus of Nazareth both outside and within the Gospels.
Explore recorded traditions circulating orally over the intervening years.
Ponder the value of the historical study of Christianity for the past and future.
Investigate the culture of the Mediterranean world in which Christianity was born.
Examine the circumstances of Jewish life in ancient Palestine and the Diaspora.
Consider the resurrection as marking the birth of Christianity.
Investigate the broad adaptations Christianity made in a relatively short period.
Note influences in early Christianity beyond the pivotal figures of Jesus and Paul.
Working from a historical perspective, what can we learn about what Jesus most likely said and did?
In this episode, examine the world within which the Christian religion was born.
Learn how scholars have approached the Gospels in a number of ways (including as history-like stories).
What is the historical evidence for the accuracy of some gospel accounts, and how do historians assess it?
Is it possible to move behind the written accounts to learn more about the oral tradition of the Gospels?
Other written sources about Jesus have come down from antiquity. What are these noncanonical Gospels like?
What did Mark Twain meant to his American audience—and to the man who created him?
In this biographical episode, learn how to see Twain's life as a life of milestones.
Learn how Twain's humor tickled his audiences' funnybones—as it poked them in the ribs.
In this episode, explore the marketing schemes Twain used to maximize his income.
How did Twain psychologically prepare America for its role as a world power?
Twain's goal in Innocents Abroad was to teach his readers to see the Old World with their own eyes.
Roughing It shows Twain's intimation that the American vernacular deserved a place in American literature.
Despite the rigors of touring, Twain came to love the thrill of live lecturing.
