By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 April 2026
“Religion” is Not a Human Universal
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Tag Archives: Ioudaismos
Roman Eastern Foederati and Arab Monotheism Before Islam
Assessing the Historicity of Abu Bakr, Islam’s First Caliph
Review: “The Sacred City” (2016)
Jewish Influence At the Origins of Islam
The Recreation of Israel, War, and Survival
Islamic State Introduces the Fifth “Caliph”
Jewish Memory and Loss
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
