How Jesus’ cryptic warning has given rise to an array of conflicting interpretations. What did Jesus actually intend?
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Making a Show
In Making a Show Jesus prioritizes social justice over personal piety.
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Yeshua Attends to the Crowds
A reconstruction of the narrative setting of Jesus’ sermon on Torah and the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Be Ready for the Son of Man
What are the ethical demands of the parousia?
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The Sin Against the Spirit: Matt. 12:31-32; Mark 3:28-29; Luke 12:10
Jesus’ saying about the sin against the Holy Spirit belongs to developing Jewish ideas regarding the gradation of sin and punishment. It also reflects his high self-awareness.
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First and Last
The first one now will later be last, for the times, they are a-changin’. —Bob Dylan
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Return to the Galil
How a bare statement about Jesus’ return to the Galilee was pressed into the service of the author of Luke’s apologetic goals, the author of Mark’s kerygmatic program, and the author of Matthew’s theological agenda.
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Completion
How a promise of safe harbor evolved into a prophecy of the end.
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Heaven and Earth Pass Away
Jesus claimed his interpretations would bring out the true intention of the Torah’s commandments without rendering a single verse, word, letter, or even pen stroke superfluous.
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Possessed Man in Girgashite Territory
Holiness and purity play a hidden role in the story commonly known as the Gerasene Demoniac.
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