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Tony Jones
Tony Jones teaches at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the host of the Reverend Hunter Podcast and the author of Did God Kill Jesus?
Who is Naoíse Mac Sweeney’s new history of the West for?
Like so many books today, it seems aimed at convincing an audience that will never read it.
July 13, 2023
How the Jerusalem temple fell
Josephus was tight with the emperor. Guy MacLean Rogers trusts his account anyway.
September 29, 2022
Journeying with the Lakota people
A historical overview of a people’s battles and victories
May 27, 2020
What if Christianity never existed?
Walter Scheidel’s tour de force of world history is based almost entirely on counterfactuals.
February 28, 2020
What made Alexander the Great so great?
F. S. Naiden's biography weaves Alexander's religious proclivities into his well-known martial exploits.
September 4, 2019
Should Christians hunt animals?
A book of essays offers an array of perspectives for and against.
April 25, 2019
When Rome succumbed to the elements
What brought down the Roman Empire? Kyle Harper says it was plague and cold climate.
June 7, 2018
What’s behind the New Testament?
There is abundant documentation of the intertestamental period. We just haven't read it.
October 16, 2017
What have the Romans ever done for us?
The aqueduct. The roads. An enforced peace to allow a young faith to spread.
May 19, 2017
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