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Featured Article:
Jesus’ Folded Napkin (John 20:7):
Is it significant that Jesus’ burial ‘napkin’ was found in the empty tomb folded?
The false theory that the folded “napkin” in Jesus’ tomb has deep spiritual significance is a good opportunity for us to sharpen our critical thinking skills. Click here to read more.
JP’s Most Recent Articles:
- Coordinating Ritual and Moral Purity in the New Testament
- Two Kinds of Love in the Story of the Paralyzed Man
- Character Profile: Beelzebul
- What’s Wrong with Contagious Purity? Debunking the Myth that Jesus Never Became Ritually Impure
- The Seven Types of Pharisees and the Fear of God in the Synoptic Gospels
- The Sin Against the Spirit: Matt. 12:31-32; Mark 3:28-29; Luke 12:10
- From the Galilee to Jerusalem: Luke as a Source for the Routes of Jewish Pilgrimage
- Halakha in the Gospels
- ‘Look at…all the trees’: Trees in the New Testament Gospels
- He Could No Longer Openly Enter a Town: A Synoptic Study in Light of an Early Luke
- The Expectation of Sabbatical Redemption within Ancient Judaism and Luke-Acts
- (Why) Did Jews Hate Tax Collectors–Or Did They? The Evolution of a Modern Stereotype in Biblical Studies
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JP’s Most Recent Blog Posts:
- Говорими езици по времето на Исус
Професор Сафрай представя преглед на трите езика, използвани в земята на Израел по време на дните на Исус, и заключава, че ивритът е основният език, говорен от еврейските жители по онова време. - The Lord’s Supper and the Passover Seder: How Are They Connected?
The two elements of the Lord’s Supper (bread and wine) are those least distinctive to the Passover meal. - Book Review: From Gods to God: How the Bible Debunked, Suppressed, or Changed Ancient Myths and Legends
From Gods to God is an enjoyable read for anyone wishing to take a deeper look into stories from the Hebrew Scriptures. - The Lord’s Prayer Chanted in Greek
Listen to a recent recording of the Lord’s Prayer sung in Greek in the style of a Gregorian chant.
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The Life of Yeshua (LOY) project utilizes Robert Lindsey’s solution to the Synoptic Problem to reconstruct the conjectured Greek and Hebrew sources behind the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke in order to better understand the stories of Jesus’ life and the meaning of his teachings.
Most Recent Life of Yeshua Posts:
- “Wonders and Accusations” complex
A collection of stories about Jesus’ healing power and the controversy it provoked. - Faithful or Faithless Slave
In Faithful or Faithless Slave Jesus encouraged his disciples to emulate Moses, the faithful slave in all God’s house. - Unexpected Thief
A householder might be surprised by a thief, but those who know the Son of Man is coming need not be caught unawares. - Be Ready for the Son of Man
What are the ethical demands of the parousia?
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