The Apostolic Decree and the Noahide Commandments

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Translated by Halvor RonningThe translator would like to thank Horst Krüger, Christina Krüger, and especially Dr. Guido Baltes, for their invaluable assistance in preparing this translation.

The Didache and its Relevance for Understanding the Gospel of Matthew

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The image featured above, intended to symbolize the Two Ways of Life and Death, which are of central importance to the Didache, was photographed by Imen Bouhajja in Ghar Elmelh, Tunisia (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

How to cite this article: Huub van de Sandt, “The Didache and its Relevance for Understanding the Gospel of Matthew,” Jerusalem Perspective (2016) .

“Son of Man”: Jesus’ Most Important Title

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Jesus was different from other men because he was divine, the Son of God, and that was the message the church was eager to communicate to the world.

Three Keys to Personal Happiness

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What are some of the things that make you happy?  I mean truly happy.  While different things make different people happy—different strokes for different folks—I believe there are some keys that can enable us to experience personal happiness. The Parable of the Prodigal Son Jesus addressed the issues that relate to personal happiness in a most powerful manner in his poignant parable of the Prodigal Son as recorded in Luke 15:11-32.  There are beautiful lessons as expressed in the unconditional love of the father and the reconciliation of the father with his repentant younger son.

Lord’s Prayer

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Don’t let us fall when we’re tested, but rescue us from bad things that might occur.’

Sign-Seeking Generation

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Matt. 12:38-40; 16:1-2, 4; Mark 8:11-13; Luke 11:16, 29-30

Darnel Among the Wheat Parable

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namely, Darnel Among the Wheat and Bad Fish Among the Good, Mustard Seed and Starter Dough, and Hidden Treasure and Priceless Pearl.

“Treasure in Heaven”: Examining an Ancient Idiom for Charity

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Notley has noted, “The definition is not, in fact, an external one, but a challenge for us to recognize that in each person we can find both good and bad—just like ourselves.

Corrections and Emendations to Flusser’s Judaism of the Second Temple Period

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The English translation by Azzan Yadin of David Flusser’s two-volume collection of essays, entitled Judaism of the Second Temple Period, and jointly published by Magnes, Eerdmans, and Jerusalem Perspective, presents to the English-speaking world important essays that had formerly been accessible only to speakers of Modern Hebrew.

The Theological Significance of the Parable in Rabbinic Literature and the New Testament

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Is it your desire to know Him by Whose word the world came into existence? Then study Haggadah, for, by so doing, you get to know Him by Whose word the world came into existence, and you attach yourself to His ways.

The Good Samaritan

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This article is a sample chapter from Windows into the Bible: Cultural & Historical Insights into the Bible for Modern Readers by Marc Turnage, which is reproduced on JerusalemPerspective.com with the kind permission of the publisher.

The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) is perhaps one of the most well-known of Jesus’ parables.

Jesus’ Place in First-century Judaism and His Influence on Christian Doctrine

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How to cite this article: David Flusser, “Jesus’ Place in First-century Judaism and His Influence on Christian Doctrine” Jerusalem Perspective (2014) .

Repentance: God Inhales

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Preface In March of 1998 I participated in an annual conference sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Biblical Research. Several sessions had been designated for me to speak, and during one of them I presented “Repentance: God Inhales.” The response from the audience seemed favorable, so upon returning to Wichita Falls, Texas, (where Janet and I lived for 22 months), I began entertaining the idea of transcribing, revising, editing, and eventually publishing the material in printed form. To achieve this goal, I received considerable assistance from others. Diana and Ronnie Hicks volunteered as transcribers.