How and why are High Priests from the end of the Second Temple Period remembered in rabbinic sources?
The Arc Bends: The Purpose of Eschatology—An Easter Meditation
The Gospel of the Kingdom does not give us license to sit out the struggle knowing that it’s all going to turn out for the best.
The So-called ‘Privilegium Paschale’ in Light of Jewish Sources
Did the custom of releasing a prisoner at Passover attested in the Gospels originate in Roman or Jewish legal tradition?
Sidebar: The Temple Warning Inscriptions
A description of the inscriptions warning Gentiles not to enter the Temple in Jerusalem.
Review and Reflections Upon: The Aryan Jesus by Susannah Heschel
Heschel’s detailed examination of German Christian nationalism during the Nazi era can help us to think critically about Christian nationalisms of every flavor in the world today.
Love That Costs: Jesus, the Good Samaritan, and the Enemy Next Door
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is a deeply unsettling mirror, revealing that love of one’s neighbor is tested not with strangers at the far edges of the world, but close to home—at our own doorstep, among those with whom we share past conflict, mistrust, disappointment, and hurt.
The Good Tidings of John the Baptist: An Eschatological Priestly Messiah Coming on the Clouds of the Spirit
I wish to highlight how John the Baptist’s priestly orientation also led to tension between Jesus and John the Baptist.
Yeshua Attends to the Crowds
A reconstruction of the narrative setting of Jesus’ sermon on Torah and the Kingdom of Heaven.
Book Review: Brad Young’s Jesus and His Jewish Parables
Young argues that the best way to understand what Jesus was teaching in his parables is to try to hear him as he spoke to his people.
Candy Bars and Jesus: Taking a Risk on Jon Guerra
Some songs are wonderful for Sunday morning, but where are the songs that will get you through Monday?