Ann V Brock

A Children's Picture Book What do you tell a child when his beloved grandmother or a favorite playmate or his newborn sister has just died? Can he still believe that God is good and loves him very much? Using the symbolism of an "earthsuit" that is discarded when it is no longer useful, the child is...

Why did some early Christians consider Mary Magdalene to be an apostle while others did not? Some Christian texts, underlining her role as one of the very first witnesses to the resurrection, portray Mary Magdalene as the "apostle to the apostles," while other sources exclude or replace her in thei...

In scripture, a person's name epitomizes the very essence of his identity. The abundance of God's names in His Word showcases the many aspects of His identity that reflect the ways He meets the daily situations of our lives. God desires that we seek Him, know Him, and understand His ways. One can at...

This collection provides a rich, multilayered analysis of a long-neglected branch of early Christian apocryphal literature that examines the relationship between tradition and redaction, uses of language, and the fluid border between literary criticism and motif analysis. The introduction takes the ...