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Explore the considerable body of early Christian stories about Jesus that did not make it into the New Testament. These range from creative reworkings and expansions of familiar stories (we might call this early Christian “fan fiction”) to texts that present a radically different Jesus. The latter portrays a figure whose life and teachings bear almost no resemblance to the Jesus we meet in the Bible. We will discuss the shocking diversity of the early Jesus movement evidenced in these texts, as well as the complex process by which one set of ideas (and texts) became the dominant depiction of Jesus to the present day.
Dan Ullucci received his BA from Boston University and PhD from Brown University. He has taught at numerous New England colleges and is currently Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass.
Dan's teaching focuses on the development of early Christianity and the interaction between early Christian groups and traditional Mediterranean religions. His research has focused on the ritual of animal sacrifice and the process by which some early Christian groups came to reject this practice. He is currently working on a monograph on the spread of Christianity focusing on how and why Roman elites shifted their charitable giving from traditional Roman venues like animal sacrifice to Christian churches.
Dan is a native of Rhode Island and has lived in Arlington for fourteen years.
Daniel Ullucci
