A Virtual File Cabinet for Our Studies of Christian Origins & Hebraic Faith
More on Jesus My relationship with Jesus has changed considerably since my years as a pastor. These essays explore what remains—and what becomes possible—when we reconsider the relationship between the person, the stories, and the religion built around him. The above was reformatted into bullets by me and extracted from his post Fully Human. Terms […]
Continue ReadingWhen Egyptian Pharaohs Ruled Bronze Age Jerusalem Peter van der Veen investigates an Egyptian presence before the time of David by Noah Wiener, August 08, 2019 “When Pharaohs Ruled Jerusalem,” Peter van der Veen brings together an array of evidence—including Egyptian statues, stylized architecture and material culture—that points to their presence in the city. March/April […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains Claude’s summary of Bart Ehrman’s post The Irony of Jesus as the King of the Coming Kingdom on October 18, 2026. Summary of “The Irony of Jesus as the King of the Coming Kingdom” (Bart Ehrman, October 18, 2026) Central question. Following his earlier post on levels of reward in God’s coming […]
Continue ReadingThe Significance of the Number Twelve Below was extracted from Is That in the Bible? on the page here. The number twelve had great significance for the biblical authors and Israel, particularly within the religious sphere. The significance of the number twelve probably relates to the twelve months of the year. Giovanni Garbini suggests that […]
Continue ReadingThis table is by Paul Davidson from his post The Twelve (or So) Tribes of Israel on July 9, 2014. Click the full-screen icon for a readable view.
Continue ReadingNOTE – From LDS site. See second item 16 (???)
Continue ReadingFrom Claude on 10/21/2026. Herod Agrippa and Herod Antipas were members of the same Herodian dynasty, which ruled parts of the eastern Mediterranean under Roman authority. However, they belonged to different generations, governed different territories, and played different roles in the history of Jesus and the earliest Christian movement. The most important distinction is that […]
Continue ReadingFrom https://thebiblesays.com/en/maps/535692-jezreel-valley-kishon – This map shows the Jezreel Valley and the Kishon River, a broad and fertile corridor in northern Israel between Mount Carmel, Mount Tabor, and Mount Gilboa. The valley was strategically important because major travel routes, including the Great Trunk Road, passed through it, connecting the coast, Galilee, and inland regions. Important biblical […]
Continue ReadingTextual Contradictions by Claude. Prompted by marcus j. blue from here. The amount of references, citations, etc that are either flat out wrong, misinterpreted, or misread within our New Testament texts are extensive. I prompted Claude to help me find many points of discrepancies and refined it to the text itself, the interpretation and what […]
Continue ReadingThis post is Claude’s summary of the Joel Baden’s Misquotiong Moses podcast’s transcript that is in his directory in DropBox. Baden provides the explanations of the many names/titles offered by other scholars. His thoughts about “I Am that I Am”as being Yahweh being frustrated with Moses is notable. Summary: Joel Baden on God’s Real Name […]
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