Philippi, in the north of Greece, was a significant city in the history of Christianity. St. Paul visited the city and wrote a letter to the community there, which is in the New Testament of the Bible. While Paul may be seen as someone who suppressed women, based upon other letters in the New Testament […]
As we stated over 10 years ago, as Donald Trump was coming on the scene as a presidential candidate, “democratic socialism” is not a political party in the US but rather a political and activist system held by an organization, the Democratic Socialists of America. Among their goals is “a system where ordinary people have […]
As we close out this year’s Women’s History Month, let us add to our resources. Blog posts In March 2023, we offered an updated list of our blog posts about women, goddesses, goddess worship and female imagery. Here we offer a list of our relevant blog posts since March 2024. “The Beauty and Artistry of […]
We have discussed prayer and its benefits several times. In 2021, we noted that our petitions to whatever Force we choose – God, Divine Love, Guardian Angels, Allah, Vishnu, etc. – direct our energies not only toward calming ourselves but also toward calling to mind the need for solidarity with like-minded souls. When praying or […]
Korinna Zamfir and Uta Poplutz, eds. Reading Women in the New Testament Letters. SBL Press, 2025. Editors Korinna Zamfir and Uta Poplutz have compiled an impressive collection of essays on women in the New Testament who are often overlooked: women in the letters of Paul and authors who came after him. New Testament scholars would […]
The Advent and Christmas seasons in the West, especially in the United States, have become exceedingly consumerized. The origins of the seasons, of course, lie in antiquity, with the birth of Jesus and the stories about this as found in the Christian Testament Gospels and other early Christian literature. We have discussed stories about Jesus […]
Celebrating 10 years of WisdomWordsPPF! Over 300 evidence-based blog posts on politics, women in antiquity, New Testament archaeology, and the paranormal and the afterlife since October 2015. Thank you for reading! Here is the index for October 2024 to October 2025. Elections, Politics, Donald Trump Where are They Now? Lessons from Some Individuals of Trump […]
We have often engaged in discussions of various aspects of the New (Christian) Testament of the Bible; in fact, most of the posts in the Past category have something to do with either the Christian Testament or the social context of the early Jesus movement. We have pointed out the important role of women in […]
Books Paranormal: A New Testament Scholar Looks at the Afterlife. Self-published 2015; printed by Shires Press, Manchester Center, VT Goddess and God: A Holy Tension in the First Christian Centuries. Marco Polo Monographs 10. Warren Center, PA: Shangri-La Publications, 2006 Women and Worship at Philippi: Diana/Artemis and Other Cults in the Early Christian Era. Portland, […]
Evidence from Roman Imperial times is constantly being unearthed in archaeological excavations around the Mediterranean. The newly-discovered structures and artifacts frequently hold information that can teach us more about the people of antiquity. Since the Christian (New) Testament has been so influential in the history of the West, scholars who study Christian Testament texts and […]