Woes on Three Villages

& LOY Commentary

The Woes on Three Villages express Jesus’ sorrow that Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum had not responded to his warning not to get sucked into the black hole of violent religious nationalism.

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Calamities in Yerushalayim

& LOY Commentary

Did ancient Judaism teach that personal misfortune was proof of sin?

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Yeshua’s Testing

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The LOY reconstruction and commentary on the story of Jesus’ temptation.

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Sending the Twelve: Conduct in Town

& LOY Commentary

David N. Bivin and Joshua N. Tilton suggest a Hebrew reconstruction of Jesus’ instructions about how the twelve apostles were to behave when they entered a town. In this pericope we learn about the giving and receiving of hospitality among Jesus’ earliest followers. We also learn what may be wrong about the popular view that shaking the dust from the apostles’ feet was a symbolic action meant to signal to Jews who rejected Jesus that they were henceforth to be considered as Gentiles.

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Jesus, the Master Teacher: Part Two: “The Rabbinic Technique of Gezera Shavah” and “Peter and the Rock”

Articles

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