After Jesus Before Christianity: New Discoveries

About the Course

This course, After Jesus Before Christianity: New Discoveries, is presented by Dr. Shirley Paulson and Dr. Deborah N. Saxon. The course is designed to help you gain a better understanding of early Jesus people. Dr. Paulson and Dr. Saxon will take you through:

• the painful reality of living with Roman violence
• diverse ideas regarding self-identity, suffering, and death
• examples of women in leadership roles
• ancient understandings of gender
• wide-ranging views of Jesus, Paul, and Mary, the Magdalene
• the variety of texts available before there was any such thing as a New Testament
• new perspectives on so-called “Gnosticism” and “heresy”

If this course sounds interesting to you, watch the introductory video above to learn more about it.

What to expect:

The course is divided into six sections, each section containing several lectures. You can watch the recordings at your convenience and enjoy continuing access to it. The full course includes over three hours of recorded instruction.

Two Types of Courses

Bible and Beyond offers two different types of courses. One is a self-study course. This consists of recorded lectures which you can view at your own pace, 24/7. You can purchase the self-study version of any course and immediately start learning at any time. The other is a live online hybrid course. Live online hybrid courses consist of recorded lectures you can watch anytime, and six live Zoom discussions led by Dr. Shirley Paulson. A variety of live online hybrid courses are offered at different times throughout the year. Check the live online hybrid course page to learn more and check out the schedule.

Enrollment in this self-study course is available now, and priced at $49.00.

When it’s being offered, enrollment in the Live Online Hybrid version of the course is $129.00.

Would you like to host a live online hybrid course group? If you and a group of friends are interested in taking a course together, we are interested in making that happen! All courses are available as live online hybrids, so just get in touch with us to work out the details.