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The Way

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

  • .The Bible
    • Apocrypha
      • 1 Enoch
      • 2 Clement
      • Genesis Apocryphon
      • Judith the book
      • Protoevangelium of James
      • The Gospel of Peter
      • The Martyrdom of Polycarp
    • Bible Misc
      • Agrapha
      • Bible Translations
      • Biblical Inerrancy
      • Biblical Massacres
      • Didache
      • Different Messages in the Bible
      • Discrepancies
        • Discrepancies in the Gospels
        • Discrepancies in the OT
      • Gospel of Thomas
      • Hebrew Bible Threads In The Gospels
      • Interesting Observations in the Bible
      • Oldest Bible Manuscripts
      • Pre-Literary Traditions; Texts/Creeds
      • Read the NT in this Order
      • Textual Variants
      • Translation Cover
        • KJV: English Word Usage in 1611
        • Problems with the NRSV
        • Tyndale’s Sources
      • Violence Accepted in the Bibles
      • Who Choose the Books of the NT?
      • Who Wrote the Bible? Video Series
    • Bible Versions
      • Bible Version Reviews
      • Tabor’s Bible Version Rankings
    • 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
        • Isaiah
          • Isaiah by Christine Hayes
        • Jeremiah the Book
        • Joel the Book
        • Jonah the Book
        • Joshua the Book
          • Joshua the Book & Jericho
        • Judges
        • Minor Prophets
          • 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 in the Canon
      • Philemon
      • Philippians
      • Revelation
      • 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
    • Eschatology and Apocalypticism Explained
    • 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
      • Maps – CE
    • Marcion
    • Memories and the NT
    • Miracles: Links to Articles
    • My Religious Study Notes
      • End Time Prophecies
      • Methodist Links & Extracts
      • New Thought
  • :N-Z
    • Names of God
    • Noahide Movement
    • Orginal Menu
    • Original Sin
    • Preaching & Teaching
    • Prophecies
    • Prophets
    • Random Thoughts Outside the “Church”
    • Resurrection
    • Roman Occupation
    • Sacrifices; Does God and Jesus Want Them?
    • Salvation
    • Scholars
      • Albert Schweitzer
      • Amy-Jill Levine
      • Bargil Pixner
      • Bart Ehrman: Trinity, Apostolic Fathers, Constantine, Resurrection Progression, etc.
      • 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
      • Women In Early Christianity
      • Women in the Bible
  • All Posts
  • Home
  • Jesus
    • BAS Collection-Who was Jesus?
    • Could Jesus Read? What Language Did He Speak?
    • 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?
    • Where Jesus says He and God are Different
  • Our Books & Courses
    • Courses We Have Completed
    • Memberships
    • Our Books
      • Recommended Books-Historical Christianity
    • Papers Read
  • People
    • Abraham
    • Aron
    • James the Just
    • 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 per Scholars
      • 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/Watch
  • Posts

Geza Vermes

From Jewish to Gentile
The Dead Sea Scrolls: How They Changed My Life
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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

  • Sundown Farms
  • Mary & Tom’s Pantry
  • Davis Interests
  • Tom’s Portfolio Site
  • Mary’s Art Portfolio Site
  • 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
  • Maps – Yale Bible Study
  • 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

  • Yahweh Temple on Mt. Gerizim & Before the Conflict
  • Was Paul Really a Roman Citizen?
  • Was Paul a Slave or Descended Form Slaves?
  • “Messianic Prophecies” in the Hebrew Bible?
  • The Jesus Beneath Christianity
  • Separate a first-century Jewish teacher from two thousand years of theology
  • Creation Stories Compared
  • A Book Review: Anthony Flew, There Is a God
  • BAS – Many links Re: Exodus, Hyksos, Egypt
  • Doctrine-Driven Canon Formation – The Doctrines; Part 2 of 2
  • Doctrine-Driven Canon Formation – Part 1 of 2
  • Herod Changes the High Priesthood & Impacts John the Baptist
  • Videos – Bronze Age Canaan
  • Gnostism: Paul and Marcion?
  • Gnosticism: Simply, what it is in a few words.
  • Gnosticism, Christianity, & Platonic Afterlife Theology
  • Interpreting the Bible? Bledsoe on Baden
  • Hebrew Bible & English OT: The Differences
  • Q and the Epistle of James
  • Benjamin Franklin’s Creed
  • Thomas & The Tradition of Seven Churches
  • St. Thomas and India: Recent Research
  • Duplicated Narratives Across Genesis–Exodus
  • The Biblical Moses: Links to BAS Articles
  • Christianized Readings in the Protestant OT vs. the Tanakh***
  • Joseph, Jacob, and Egypt as a Novella
  • King David: A Petty Tyrant?
  • Hendle, etal: YHWH, Yahweh, Adonia, ha-Shem, ehyeh ‘ăšer ‘ehyeh
  • What’s Missing from Codex Sinaiticus/What was added to the KJV?
  • Teacher of Righteousness: Onias III, IV, or Simon III
  • Bynames: Nickname, Patronymic, Toponymic, Occupational, etc.
  • Ancient Hymns
  • The Akhmîm Codex – The Four Texts Buried Together at Panopolis
  • Jim Palmer: God Is More Human Than You Think
  • The Books of the Bible’s Many Sources

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 during the Monarchy?
  • 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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