Steve N. Mason is a Canadian historian of Judea in the GraecoRoman period, best known for his studies of Josephus and early Christian writings. He was professor of classics, history and religious studies at York University in Toronto. He has been Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis at Aberdeen University (2011–2015) and works today at the University of Groningen, Holland.

He discusses the earliest recorded history of the first Christians live on MythVision Podcast.

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Timestamps:
0:00: Introduction
5:20: Paul and the first Christian generation: ca. 30 to 65 CE
15:18: On Paul’s letters
20:20: Criterias of authenticity: citations and judgment about “reallife quality”
21:07: Superchat 1: Are the lenghts of Paul’s letters typical for the ancient world?
23:05: Continuation of criterias of authenticity...
33:14: Paul’s letters as real conversations
38:55: Superchat 2: Can you elaborate on the spread of Christianity among the gentiles before Paul?
41:23: That Paul wrote some letters better explains the evidence
42:34: Paul not interested in mundane aspects of Jesus’ life
46:16: Rethinking Paul’s key term “to Euangelion”
57:39: Paul’s first summary of “to Euangelion”: 1 Thessalonians
1:15:23: On 1 Thess’ questions to Paul: last half of the letter
1:27:01: Paul’s first mention of Judaeans
1:29:59: Superchat 3: Does Paul believe in any kind of physical resurrection?
1:33:10: 1 Corinthians: Internal conflicts among Christfollowers
1:48:06: Philippians (from prison – in Ephesus?)
1:55:43: Galatians
2:04:15: Romans
2:07:03: Pseudopauline letters
2:07:43: Opposition to Paul’s announcement [gospel] I: Jesus’ brother James and eminent students
2:24:18: Opposition to Paul’s announcement II: Apollos and Jesus as wisdombringer
2:26:25: Summary and end of presentation
2:32:30: Superchat 4: Were Paul’s detractors generic “messianic teachers”?
2:33:50: Superchat 5: An estimate of what portion of people were converted by Paul?
2:36:33: Superchat 6: The meaning of Caesar’s household in Philippians?
2:40:21: Superchat 7: How much diversity of thought was there about an afterlife?
2:46:17: Superchat 8: more on Superchat 3.
2:50:43: Superchat 9: Did Paul suffer from psychosis or schizophrenia?
2:56:54: Superchat 10: What do you think of the “we” passages of Acts?
3:00:40: Superchat 11: On the hebrew etimology of Peter’s name
3:07:52: Superchat 12: On Dr. Mason’s respectful attitude towards believers
3:14:08: Teaser on the second Christian generation presentation

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