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Did Jesus Hide His Identity?
Unpacking the Messianic Secret in Mark's Gospel
18 hrs ago • John Nelson
The Missing Image of Jesus
Sketches of my PhD thesis
Feb 4 • John Nelson
What did Jesus Really Look Like?
January: Behind the Gospels 2026 Lecture Series
Feb 1 • John Nelson

January 2026

Biblical Scholarship & Shifting Beliefs
An Interview with C.J. Cornthwaite
Jan 24 • John Nelson and C. J. Cornthwaite
Tom Holland on the Historical Jesus
An Evening Discussion at All Soul's, London
Jan 16 • John Nelson
What Happened Before The Gospels?
The Form-Critical View of Oral Tradition
Jan 11 • John Nelson
Two Years Behind the Gospels
A Reader's Digest for 2025
Jan 3 • John Nelson

December 2025

Does Christianity Rise and Fall on the Virgin Birth?
A Brief Reflection on a Biblical Conception
Dec 27, 2025 • John Nelson
The Nativity: History, Theology & Literature
Watch my Christmas lecture now
Dec 24, 2025 • John Nelson
Jesus' Physical Appearance – A Conversation
Discussing my new book with Contingent History
Dec 20, 2025 • John Nelson
Behind the Nativity Stories
A Christmas Lecture on the Gospel Accounts
Dec 13, 2025 • John Nelson
Did Matthew Invent the Virgin Birth?
A popular misconception about the Nativity
Dec 7, 2025 • John Nelson
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