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Better Than the Day of Birth: Reflecting on David Flusser’s Interpretation of the Love Commandment on the 25th Anniversary of His Passing

Moshe Navon 09Oct2025 Articles 1 Comment

I regard the twenty-fifth anniversary of David Flusser’s passing not solely as a day of loss, but also as the day that gave him to the world.

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25 Years Since David Flusser’s Passing

Serge Ruzer 15Sep2025 Articles Leave a Comment

Professor Serge Ruzer shares his recollections of Israeli scholar David Flusser on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death.

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The Discomposure of Jesus’ Biography (Reboot): A Modification to Lindsey’s Conjectured Stages of Synoptic Transmission

Joshua N. Tilton & Lauren S. Asperschlager 08Sep2025 Articles, LOY Excursus Leave a Comment

How did the Hebrew biography of Jesus disintegrate into the isolated pericopae that make up the Synoptic Gospels?

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Was the Hemorrhaging Woman Jesus Healed Named Rebekah?

JP Staff Writer 31Jul2025 Articles Leave a Comment

Is it possible to retrieve the name of the woman who touched Jesus’ tzitzit?

Luke 8:40-56Mark 5:21-43Matt. 9:18-26Women and Feminine Issues

Did Jesus Raise Jairus’ Daughter from the Dead?

Joshua N. Tilton 16Jul2025 Articles Leave a Comment

Should readers give more weight to the bystanders’ impressions or to the words Jesus said?

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Character Profile: Prostitutes in the Gospels

JP Staff Writer 06Jun2025 Articles Leave a Comment

Was first-century Jerusalem really crawling with prostitutes, as Jesus’ saying about tax collectors and harlots entering the Kingdom of God seems to suggest?

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Purity Halakha in the Story of the Hemorrhaging Woman

Ze'ev Safrai 05Jun2025 Articles 2 Comments

Does concern for ritual purity explain why the hemorrhaging woman touched Jesus’ tzitzit?

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Coordinating Ritual and Moral Purity in the New Testament

Joshua N. Tilton 22Feb2025 Articles, Reviews Leave a Comment

Taking another look at how John the Baptist, Jesus, and the Apostle Paul related to issues of ritual and moral purity.

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Two Kinds of Love in the Story of the Paralyzed Man

Joshua N. Tilton 06Feb2025 Articles 2 Comments

Two kinds of love operate in the story of the paralyzed man. One kind of love is inclusive and redemptive, the other is exclusive and destructive. Which kind of love will prove victorious?

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Character Profile: Beelzebul

JP Staff Writer 11Oct2024 Articles 2 Comments

Get acquainted with this mysterious and sinister figure.

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  1. chuchohuffn8r on Tangled up in Techēlet: Tzitzit (Ritual Tassels) in the Time of Jesus13Dec2025

    You hinted at it with the "Healing in his Wings?" title, but didn't outright say it. Is Malachi 4:2 a…

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    R. Steven Notley on Anti-Jewish Tendencies in the Synoptic Gospels07Dec2025

    Chris, first thank you for making the effort to post. However, if you are not going to read the article,…

  3. hebrewdaylight on Matthew 5:17: “Destroy” the Law14Nov2025

    Shalom David, Revisiting this article once again because of a comment I just heard on Matthew 5:19. David Wilber in…

  4. hebrewdaylight on The Good Samaritan10Nov2025

    What is the connection, if any, between Jesus’ parable here and the kindness shown in 2 Chronicles 28?

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