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The defensible position is that Japha was walled by 66-67 CE, and whether it had any wall in Jesus’ lifetime is unknown. A fully walled city in the Mediterranean sense seems unlikely, since Josephus calls it a village (kōmē), but that is an inference. Scroll down for 2nd Prompt – Why do so few maps […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains Claude.ai’s 1,000-word summary of the article at BAS by Gabriel Barklay, published April 1986, here. The PDF copy is in the BAS directory in Dropbox. The Garden Tomb: Was Jesus Buried Here? — Summary Gabriel Barkay’s article examines the archaeological credentials of the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, one of two sites competing […]
Continue ReadingFrom BAS’s email on 2/22/26. In Easter and the Death of Jesus, BAS editors have carefully compiled a special collection of articles from Biblical Archaeology Review and Bible Review that reveal the Easter story in all its rich and rewarding facets. To truly understand the passion, crucifixion and resurrection, you’ll want to read all of the articles, of which these […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT The Great Trunk Road near Nazareth in the time of Jesus The Great Trunk Road in the Galilee during the first century CE was part of a much older international highway system that connected Egypt to Syria and Mesopotamia. In Roman times, this road system was maintained and integrated into the imperial network, […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains most of an interesting thread, started on 2/8/2026, by non-scholars at BSA titled Equality In The Kingdom. All emphasis is mine. John R.‘s Original Post — In his letter to the Galatians, Paul writes, “There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer […]
Continue ReadingExtracts from the PDF version of the article in Tamas Visi’s directory in Dropbox titled The Chronology of John the Baptist and the Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth: A New Approach by Tamás Visi of the Kurt and Ursula Schubert Centre for Jewish Studies, Palacký University, Olomouc; Thomas-Institute, University of Cologne. 1 The Date of […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains a Claude.ai’s summary of my transcript of the video lecture of John Dominic Crossan’s presented in a video on YouTube that is the same name as this post and is here. Crossan related the evolution of Herod the Great to his son Herod Antipas, who wanted Emperor Tiberius to make him the […]
Continue ReadingBart Ehrman published his responses to four questions from different readers in a post titled “Important Questions About Matthew and Paul” on January 20, 2026. Below is Claude.ai’s summary of the four questions and responses. The four are:
Continue ReadingThe only Gospel account where the resurrection appearance to the women includes them touching or taking hold of Jesus’ feet is in Matthew’s Gospel. In contrast to his command to Mary Magdalene in John 20 to not touch him. Matthew 28:9-10 So they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to […]
Continue ReadingFollow the Pharisaic law – Matthew 23:1-3 — 1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’s seat; 3 therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it, but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach.” NRSV Reminder – […]
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