2016-03-19 18:53
In The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene describes “A universe in which space and time are malleable, a universe in which the fabric of space can rip, . . . .” This sounds lik… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Yesterday I read the Gospel of Mark in one sitting and noticed that Mark has included some unusual features in his account of the baptism of Jesus which can only explained by Mark copying bo… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The recent PhD Thesis by Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme © 2011 with the lengthy title, Before the God in this Place for Good Remembrance: An Analysis of the Votive Inscriptions from Mount… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
In 1983 archaeological excavations were begun on Mount Gerizim which continued uninterrupted for twenty-two years. Yitzhak Magen, according to the preliminary report of these excavations, da… Read More
2014-02-05 16:20
The Chronicler described a community acting together to help their captives in these words: “ . . . and took the captives, and with the spoil they clothed all that were naked amo… Read More
2014-02-01 17:20
Jesus is treated as special but we only appreciate this special treatment in the Gospel of Luke by comparing Luke to Matthew and Mark. By implication, this may mean this may mean that neithe… Read More
2014-01-26 12:34
There are a number of enigmatic passages that can be better understood once we recognize that both Jesus and Theophilus areLabels priests. Since 1997, there has been a paradigm shift in… Read More
2014-01-20 02:14
The most interesting approach to the dating of Enoch is that of Charlesworth and his analysis of the meaning and significance of the use of the phrase “dry ground” in the Parable… Read More
2014-01-14 23:50
Recently, there are been considerable interest in the Parables of Enoch which constitutes Chapters 37 to 72 of the Book of Enoch. In the Parables, the author adds four titles which did not p… Read More
2013-05-05 23:50
The reading today includes the beginning of the “we passages” in Acts and also the phrase that the Lord “opened her heart” which did not immediately register with me… Read More
2013-03-05 14:10
Jens Bjernemose has left a new comment on your post "The Significance of Mocking": How early do you date Luke, if you think he can address the grandfather of someone healed in the 30'es… Read More
2013-03-01 11:04
In an earlier article entitled “Others mocking said,” I suggested that Luke was mocking Theophilus because he still did not believe in the resurrection, the power of God and the… Read More
2013-02-28 01:15
I write to suggest that in verses 2:13 and 17:32 of Acts, Luke is mocking Theophilus because he still does not believe. Typically verse 13 is analyzed with reference to the sweet wine and w… Read More
2013-02-28 01:14
The reading from Acts 8:14-17 for Jan 13th 2013 is some what of an enigma if you have attempting to explain why it was necessary for the church in Jerusalem to send Peter and John to Samaria… Read More
2013-02-28 01:09
I am very much interested in Chapter 6-8 of Acts and particularly interested in identifying the “Hebrews and the Hellenists.” Todd Penner in his book, In Praise of Christian Orig… Read More
2012-12-20 12:45
My duties as primary caretaker are over and now while I am grieving I have returned to my writing Read More
2011-11-16 01:19
There have been so many editorials, opinions, comments that I am starting to wonder if I could actually say anything new or profound about the scandal. That having been said, I think we need… Read More
2011-11-01 22:22
In Magic and Paganism in Early Christianity: The World of the Acts of the Apostles by Hans-Josef Klauck and Brian McNeil, we read our 1st insight into the use of two different Greek words fo… Read More
2011-10-31 12:24
My earlier article did not answer the question why Luke uses four instances of the Greek word Ἱεροσόλυμα, a form which Rodney De… Read More
2011-10-28 23:57
Luke uses two different Greek words for Jerusalem. Luke uses the Greek word Ἰερουσαλήμ for Jerusalem 26 times while using the Gr… Read More
2011-10-23 15:08
It is difficult to do research to write a short piece because that research invariably provide new leads and ideas for yet other short pieces making for was intended to be an easy assignment… Read More
2011-10-16 15:31
Just prior to the entry into Jerusalem, Jesus instructs his disciples to find him transportation. In Matthew 21:5, one of the 14 fulfillment citations, we read: All this was done that it mig… Read More
2011-10-05 00:59
An undesigned coincidence occurs when one account of an event leaves out a bit of information that does not affect the overall picture, but a different account indirectly supplies the missin… Read More
2011-09-24 01:25
Fatigue is one of the clues utilized by biblical scholars to determine whether or not one gospel is dependent upon another. Mark Goodacre explains that “Editorial fatigue is a phenomen… Read More
2011-09-17 16:30
John A.T. Robinson begins Chapter 2 of his masterpiece in these words: “ONE of the oddest facts about the New Testament is that what on any showing would appear to be the single most d… Read More
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