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Who Wrote the Flood Story? by Richard Elliott Friedman Explores the Documentary Hypothesis through the story of Noah and the flood. Thoughts about the Documentary Hypothesis (From the Introduction to Empirical Models for Biblical Criticism, Jeffrey Tigay, Editor) The Exodus Is Not Fiction *** A text interview with Richard Elliott Friedman. He discusses Levites at length, saying […]
Continue ReadingFriedman’s website includes the page: Thoughts about the Documentary Hypothesis (From the Introduction to Empirical Models for Biblical Criticism, Jeffrey Tigay, Editor). Extracts are as follows. Tigay discusses why it is called the Documentary Hypothesis in his introduction, referring to its hypothetical methodology (p. 2). Really, it is long past time for us to stop referring to it as […]
Continue ReadingFor insights and more about the Jacob/Joseph story and the transition to Exodus see the post at this site titled Genesis 46-47: Transition to Exodus and J-E-P Components John J. Collins – Regarding Genesis saying that husbands “will rule over you.” In his interview by Darrel Lambert, Collins said in relation to Genesis 3:1-19 — […]
Continue ReadingIn Lecture 6 of Bart’s Finding Moses course, he presented slides related to law codes believed to have been in circulation prior to writing the Pentateuch, notable kinds of laws, and other information. The audible file and the PowerPoint file of slides from that lecture are in the “Bart Ehrman Lg Files” directory of the […]
Continue ReadingThe italicized text below was extracted from Wiesel’s articles at BAR. Go to those articles using the links in the titles below. Elie Wiesel is a world-renowned author, Nobel laureate and frequent Bible Review contributor. He is most well known for his writing of his Holocaust experiences in Night (1960). Korah This is not the first time that the people, […]
Continue ReadingThis page has first a condensed version of Herod’s family tree then a much more extensive version with historical info for many of the individuals.
Continue ReadingA Wedding at Cana—Whose and Where? by James Tabor September 26, 2024 There is a very intriguing story, unique to the Gospel of John, about a wedding attended by Jesus and his disciples at the Galilean village of Cana (John 2:1–11). Within the Gospel of John the story functions in a theological and even allegorical manner—it is the “first” […]
Continue ReadingA good paper on When Were the Gospels Written and How Can We Know? is posted on attorney Doston Jones‘ blog. It was recommended by Dr. James DeFrancisco on 9/17/2024 in a BSA “conversation”. The following list is talking points extracted from his paper with the bold emphasis added by me. This analysis discusses the earliest […]
Continue ReadingFrom a Post at BSA’s Bible Nerds Group by James DeFrancisco In view of the Q hypothesis as well as Mark not having birth stories for Jesus it is suspected that the birth stories may have been added to Matthew and Luke after the original (whatever that means) gospels were written. This is supported by […]
Continue ReadingWhat Are ‘High Day’ Sabbaths? All italicized text below was extracted from that page unless otherwise linked. The article also includes comments about the lunar calendar. ‘For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in […]
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