Tag Archives: Ioudaismos

Roman Eastern Foederati and Arab Monotheism Before Islam

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 5 July 2025

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Assessing the Historicity of Abu Bakr, Islam’s First Caliph

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 July 2025

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Review: “The Sacred City” (2016)

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 June 2025

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Jewish Influence At the Origins of Islam

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 November 2024

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The Recreation of Israel, War, and Survival

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 May 2024

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Islamic State Introduces the Fifth “Caliph”

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 August 2023

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Dating the Gospels

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 June 2021

The dates that the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament were composed has a great impact for Christians, of course, but also for historians, particularly on the matter of whether Jesus ever existed, and really for everybody living in the civilisation this religion has built. Continue reading

How Many Christians Were There in the Roman Empire?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 11 June 2021

The numbers on the growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire are very uncertain, but there are enough data points to hazard a reasonable estimate. Continue reading