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The Way

A Virtual File Cabinet for Our Studies of Christian Origins & Hebraic Faith

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      • 1 Enoch
      • Genesis Apocryphon
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      • Protoevangelium of James
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        • Discrepancies in the OT
      • Gospel of Thomas
      • Hebrew Bible Threads In The Gospels
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      • Read the NT in this Order
      • Textual Variants
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        • KJV: English Word Usage in 1611
        • Problems with the NRSV
      • Violence Accepted in the Bibles
      • Who Choose the Books of the NT?
      • Who Wrote the Bible? Video Series
    • Bible Versions
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    • Hebrew Bible
      • 1. Torah
        • Deuteronomy
          • Deuteronomy & the Shapira Scrolls
          • Deuteronomy 32:8 – Did God have sons?
          • Deuteronomy per Christine Hayes
          • First-person Verses in Deuteronomy
        • Exodus
        • Genesis
        • Leviticus
        • Numbers
      • 2. Nevi’im (Prophets)
        • 1 and 2 Kings
        • 1 and 2 Samuel
        • 2 Kings
        • Ezekiel the book
        • Hosea
        • Isaiah
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          • Isaiah by Christine Hayes
        • Jeremiah the Book
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          • Joshua the Book & Jericho
        • Judges
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          • Amos
          • Amos the Book
          • Habakkuk – huh-BAK-uhk
          • Haggai the Book
          • Hosea the Book
          • Joel the Book
          • Micah
          • Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum and Habbakuk
        • Zechariah: the book
      • 3. Ketuvim (Writings)
        • Daniel
          • Daniel per Christine Hayes: Yales Intro to the OT
        • Ecclesiastes (Qohelet)
        • Esther the Book
        • Ezra/Nehemiah; the books & the men
        • Job
        • Lamentations, Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
        • Proverbs
        • Psalms via Tag
        • Ruth the Book
      • About the Hebrew Bible (OT)
      • OT Books in the Christian Bible
      • OT Jumps to Wikipedia
    • Protestant Bible NT
      • 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus
      • Colossians
      • Corinthians 1 & 2 – Stitched Together?
      • Ephesians
      • Hebrews
      • James the Brother & the Book
      • John 1, 2, and 3
      • John the Book
      • Jude the Letter
      • Luke-Acts
      • Mark the Book
      • Matthew
        • Hebrew Matthew
      • Peter 1 and 2
      • Philemon
      • Philippians
      • Revelations+See Posts
      • Romans the Book
      • Thessalonians 1 & 2
  • :A-D
    • 10 Commandment Insights
    • 400-Year Silence?
    • Abrahamic/Decalogue Faith
    • Anecdotes
    • Angels & Demons
    • Archeology Misc
      • Archeological Links
    • Baptism, John/Jesus’ or Paul’s
    • Christianity Before Paul
      • Lecture 2: In the Beginning
    • Christologies
    • Church Fathers in Antiquity
    • Council of the Gods & Elohims
    • Covenants
    • Creeds
      • Apostle’s Creed
      • Links to Creeds
      • The Arian Controversy and The Nicene Creed
      • The Nicene Creed
    • Crucifixion Narratives
    • Dead Sea Scrolls Misc & Map
      • DSS Links
      • The Moses Scrolls
    • Dead Sea Scrolls Websites
    • Deconstruction Links
    • Discussion Topics***
    • Documentary Hypothosis
  • :E-M
    • Ebionite/Nazarene
    • Edom
    • El – אֵל
    • Essenes
    • Evolution of Israel from ChatGPT
    • Exaltation
    • Family Trees
    • Forgiveness, Atonement, or Believing
    • Gnostic Ideas
    • Herod the Great & Family
    • Israel Ancient History
    • Israelites in the 3rd and 4th Centuries
    • Josephus Cites Jesus & James
    • Last Supper, My Synoptic Comparison & More
    • Lost Tribes
    • Maps Cover Page
      • Maps – BCE
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    • Marcion
    • Memories and the NT
    • Miracles: Links to Articles
    • My Religious Study Notes
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  • :N-Z
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    • Roman Occupation
    • Sacrifices; Does God and Jesus Want Them?
    • Salvation
    • Scholars
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      • Amy-Jill Levine
      • April D. DeConick-Gnostics
      • Bargil Pixner
      • Bart Ehrman
      • Christine Hayes
      • Dale Allison
      • Elie Wiesel’s Biographies of the Ancients
      • Elizabeth Schrader
      • Geza Vermes
      • James C. VanderKam
      • James Charlesworth
      • James Tabor
      • Jerome Murphy-O’Connor
      • Jonathan Z. Smith
      • Judy Siker
      • Marg Mowczko
      • Mark Goodacre
      • Markus Vinzent
      • N.T. Wright
      • Richard E. Friedman
      • Ross Nichols
      • Scholar’s Abrahamic Faith
      • Scholars’ Beliefs
      • Steve Mason
      • Tom Long
      • William G. Dever
    • Sepphoris
    • Sources of the Pentateuch; JEPD
    • The Beloved Disciple
    • The Tribes
    • Timeline Charts
      • Evolution of Resurrection Ideas
      • Historical Periods Chronologically
      • Outline – Abraham to Bar Kochba ***
      • Outline – Bar Kochba to the Ottoman Empire
    • Trinity
    • Violent God?
    • Women
      • Facts about Women in the Bible
      • Post about Women in Ministry
      • The Gospel According to Eve ***
      • Verses Related to Women
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    • BAS Collection-Who was Jesus?
    • Could Jesus Read? What Language Did He Speak?
    • Did Jesus and Others Say He Is God?
    • Did Jesus predict his atoning death and resurrection?
    • Following Jesus Out of Christianity
    • Jesus and the Essenes?
    • Jesus Before Paul
    • Jesus was married?
    • Jesus’ Family Tomb – Talpiot?
    • Jesus’ Requirements for Salvation
    • Jesus, John the Baptizer, & the DSS Parallels
    • The Job Titles of Jesus
    • Was the Resurrection of a Corpse?
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    • John the Baptizer
      • First To the Gentiles: John the Baptist?
      • The DSS & John the Baptist – WAC page 454
      • Was John the Baptist an Essene? ***
    • Mary and the Virgin Birth
    • Mary Magdalene
      • Dr. D.B. Bass & Dr. Marg Mowczko 
      • Martha of Bethany by Dr. Schrader
      • Mary Magdalene = Mary of Bethany?
      • Mary the Tower & Martha?***
      • There’s Something About Mary…Magdalene. 4 Parts
    • Moses Cover Page
      • Moses
      • Moses: He did not write it all.
      • Moses: What Really Happened at Mount Sinai?
    • Paul Cover Page
      • A Pauline Quotation-Refutation Device
      • Did Paul Write the Pastoral Epistles?
      • Evidence the Gospels are Pauline Documents
      • Links to Articles About Paul
      • Paul & Jesus
      • Paul vs. Paul in Acts
      • Paul’s Authentic Letters & the Others
      • Paul’s Conversion Experiences
      • Paul’s Misrepresentations, Arrogance
      • Paul’s Situational Ethics
      • Paul’s Timeline with Links
      • Paul’s views of Eschatology by Tabor
      • Paul’s Six Greatest Ideas ***
      • Schweitzer & a Thoroughly Apocalyptic Jesus (and Paul)
      • The Four Pauls
    • Peter the Apostle
    • Who Was Phoebe?
    • Widows based on 1Timothy
  • To Read
  • Posts

Bargil Pixner

Recommended by Tabor. Deceased.

Church of the Apostles, Found on Mt. Zion, BAR Article 1990 by Bargil Pixner

Bargil Pixner, “Jerusalem’s Essene Gateway” BAR, May/June 1997

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VIds to watch

Joel Baden – Yale Divinity – Hebrew Bible Interpretation

Abrahamic/Decalogue Faith

  • TheTorah.com
  • Abrahamic/Decalogue Faith
  • Scholar’s Faith

Related Websites

  • Ancient Maps by Simeon Netchev
  • Anna’s Archives
  • Bart Ehrman
    • Summaries of the 66 Books
  • BibleMapper.com ***
  • BSA
  • Is That in the Bible?
  • James D. Tabor
    • United Israel World Union
  • Jason Staples
  • Jesus Words Only.org
  • Jewish Virtual Library
  • Larry Hurtado’s Blog
  • Marg Mowszko
  • My Jewish Learning
  • NINT & Bart’s Courses on ThriveCart
  • ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
  • Personalities of the Bible-Adam to Nehemiah
  • Popular Archeology- GREAT Images
  • Roman Roads – Interactive Maps
  • Strong’s Interlinear Bible at BibleHub
  • Walk the Ancient Path
  • Wesleyan Quadrilateral
  • Yale Bible Study

Our Web Sites

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  • Davis Interests
  • Tom’s Portfolio Site
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  • Urban Public Spaces
  • In Memory of Ray Davis
  • In Memory of Dorothy Davis

Bibles OnLine

  • ASV 1901
  • Bible Commentaries Online
  • Blue Letter Bible
  • DSS Bible Translations
  • NASB 2020
  • NRSV at YouVersion
  • NRSVue 2021 at YouVersion
  • Summary of Micheal Waddell’s reviews
  • Torah Library; JPS 2006

Religious Studies

  • 15 Historically Accurate Facts About Jesus
  • 300 OT quotes in NT
  • 50 Interesting Facts about Christianity
  • Ancient Hebrew Culture-Suzerain/Vassal Covenants
  • Bible Atlas at Project Gutenburg
  • BibleSpeak pronunciations
  • Bible Odyssey at SBL with Maps, Lectures
  • Biblical Time Machine w/ Helen Bond
  • Bible translations into English
  • Chronology of the OT Prophets
  • Contradictions in the Bible
  • CloudConverter.com
  • Early Christian Writings
  • Early Jewish Writings
  • Etymology Dictionary
  • Freebies for Students by Marg
  • Gabriel’s Revelation at BAS by Israel Knohl
  • Jesus’ Resurrection: The Case for and Against
  • Journals – MDPI Open Access
  • Journals – Sage Reading
  • Kindle Library
  • Lachish, Why it Matters. at BAS
  • Maps Archive at StudyLight.org
  • Masada legend upended
  • New Jerusalem Bible (NJB)
  • Overview of resurrection appearances
  • Paul’s Journeys – Interactive Map
  • Pronounce Words/Names
  • Pronunciations by BibleSpeak
  • TheTorah.com
  • Variant Readings-ancient book culture rcmd by RF Walsh
  • What Is Aramaic? BAS

Recent Posts

  • Summary of “Christian Process Theology: An Introduction” by Jay McDaniel
  • Mount Sinai/Horeb Candidates
  • Biblical Tamar (En Hatzevah)
  • John: No Parables, No Kingdom of God
  • Was Rahab Really a Harlot?
  • Did Jesus Claim to be God in John?***
  • Theories of Israelite Origins in Canaan
  • When Did Moses etal arrived in Canaan?
  • The Gospels that Didn’t Make the Cut
  • The Intellectual Class in Yavne and Babylonia?
  • Goodacre: Summary of his Keynote Address
  • Egypt, Assyria, and the Levant: A Chronological Narrative ***
  • 10 Things About the Assyrian Empire
  • Son of God: From Israelite Royal Theology
  • The Kingdom of Cush
  • Tabor: New Book for Summer 2026 Release
  • Common Narratives about God by Jim Palmer
  • “You can’t pin Christianity on Jesus” by Jim Palmer
  • Paul Cites Only Two Teachings of Jesus
  • Serapis, a Graeco-Egyptian god
  • Forgiveness without Atonement
  • Unusual Bible Stories for CU SS
  • Did Jesus Believe in Hell?
  • Second Temple Judaism & the Origins of Christianity
  • Kindle Highlights
  • Luke-Acts’ literary dependence on Josephus?
  • Origins of Judaism Before Jesus–John J. Collins
  • Scholars who date Luke/Acts to the 2nd century
  • Bible Jokes
  • Difference: Theology and Religious Studies
  • Paul’s “calling” vs. “conversion”
  • Scholars who Scholar’s Learned From
  • John Philip Newell – The Great Search
  • The Burning Bush & The Devine: John Philip Newell
  • The Celtic Perspective

Pre-Monarchy Pages & Posts

  • Abraham – Which Ur?
  • Abraham to Moses to the Monarchy
  • Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Isaac, and Ishmael
  • Pre-Abraham History & Archeology
  • Pre-Abraham Links to 4100 BCE
  • Outline – Abraham to Bar Kochba ***
  • Outline – Bar Kochba to the Ottoman Empire
  • Biblical Peoples
  • Historical Periods Chronologically
  • Conflicts with the Canaanites
  • Canaan and the Canaanites
  • Canaan Conquest Models
  • YHWH and the Canaanite god El
  • Was Israel formed from the merger of diverse groups?
  • Deuteronomistic History Books
  • The Moses Scrolls
  • Moses: He did not write it all.
  • Was Israel formed from the merger of diverse groups?
  • Names of God
  • Sea Peoples
  • Hurrians and Mitanni Empires’ Influence
  • Aronide, Zadokite, Shilonite, and Shechem Priesthoods
  • Who were the High Priests?
  • Iron Age and Bronze Age in Bible Times
  • Iron Age I & II Differences
  • Population of Ancient Jerusalem
  • Return to Canaan: Timing and Details of the Exodus Tradition
  • Tracing the Evolution of the Hebrew Bible by BAS
  • The Flood Story: J&P Versions
  • The Rise of Ancient Israel at BAR
  • Steles, Inscriptions, & Archeological Evidence
  • King Hezekiah, Isaiah, Micah, Babylon and the Shadow Miracle
  • Timeline of Biblical Text Composition
  • Steles, Inscriptions, & Archeological Evidence
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