This blog collects all the mistakes we have noticed in the two-volume translation by Azzan Yadin of Flusser’s collection of essays, entitled Judaism of the Second Temple Period. We invite readers to submit any additional corrections they may have noticed.
The Priority of Luke: An Exposition of Robert Lindsey’s Solution to the Synoptic Problem
The pioneering work of Robert L. Lindsey deserves more serious consideration from the scholarly community than it has heretofore received.
Study the Synoptic Problem
Jerusalem Perspective (JP) offers a great deal of content relating to the Synoptic Problem (the problem of figuring out how the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are related).
Coming Soon: Yohanan the Immerser’s Execution!
The LOY reconstruction and commentary on the story of John the Baptist’s execution is coming soon.
Yohanan the Immerser’s Eschatological Discourse
John the Baptist anticipated the coming of an Elijah-like priestly messiah who would purify the Temple on an eschatological Day of Atonement.
LOY Excursus: The Dates of the Synoptic Gospels
Reassessing the dates of the Synoptic Gospels in light of Lindsey’s hypothesis.
Yohanan the Immerser’s Exhortations
In Yohanan the Immerser’s Exhortations John the Baptist instructs his audience how they are to behave in order to bear the fruits of repentance.
Flusser’s Jesus in Spanish and Russian
Spanish and Russian translations of David Flusser’s biography of Jesus are now freely available on the Internet Archive.
Yohanan the Immerser Demands Repentance
In Yohanan the Immerser Demands Repentance John the Baptist challenges his audience, which had gone through all the trouble of going out to the Jordan River to receive his baptism, to accept his even more important advice: to repent of their evil deeds and imitate the faithfulness of Abraham their father.
“Destruction and Redemption” complex
A reconstruction of Jesus’ prophecy of the coming destruction of the Temple and future redemption of Jerusalem.
A Voice Crying
An examination of the Jewish setting of John the Baptist’s proclamation of an immersion of repentance for the release of Israel’s sin indebtedness.
“Choose Repentance or Destruction” complex
In the “Choose Repentance or Destruction” complex Jesus urges his contemporaries to repent or face dire consequences in this world and in the world to come.
Darnel Among the Wheat Parable
Is the Darnel Among the Wheat parable an allegory about eschatological events, or a lesson about God’s character?
LOY Excursus: Synoptic Fidelity to the Anthology
How closely does a pericope reproduce the pre-synoptic source that stands behind Matthew, Mark, and Luke?
Jesus, His Mother and Brothers: A Test Case for Lindsey’s Hypothesis
How does Lindsey’s solution to the Synoptic Problem measure up when applied to the story of “Jesus, His Mother and Brothers”? Watch this video to find out.
A Woman’s Misplaced Blessing
When a woman in the crowd praised Jesus’ person, he redirected her attention to the Kingdom of Heaven, which is realized through the doing of God’s word.
