Joel Marcus on His New Book on John the Baptist; Snake-Handling and the Gospel of Mark

The first reading (post published February 1, 2019) is a guest post from Prof Joel Marcus about his new book on John the Baptist. In the second reading (post published February 20, 2014) Dr Ehrman writes about a snake handler’s death and the Gospel of Mark. Join the blog at https://ehrmanblog.org/ and read up to 6 new posts each week and every post in the archives. Your entire minimal cost of membership goes to charity