The Origins of Christianity Dr. Kyle Harper
The Four Gospels The Book of Kells, Irish, ca. 800 CE Top left: Matthew, as angel Top right: Mark, as lion Bottom left: Luke, as ox Bottom right: John, as eagle
The Gospels: Matthew Left: The Gospel of Matthew, Lindisfarne Gospels, English, late 7th century Right: Papyrus fragments of Matthew, some as old as 2nd century. P.Oxy. 4401-6
Massacre of the Innocents, Giotto, 1306
The Sea of Galilee Left: 1st century mosaic from Galilee Below: Sunset over the ‘sea’
Denarius of Emperor Tiberius
Ossuary (bone-box) of Caiaphas