Judy Siker

I understand why you do not see the god of Abraham as a supreme being as you observe the atrocities described in the Hebrew scriptures. I view the God of the OT and the God of the NT to be an expression of the same God, but it is important to me to remember that […]

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Elizabeth Schrader

Elizabeth “Libbie” Schrader Polczer Was Martha Added to the Gospel of John? [feat. Elizabeth Schrader] Was Martha of Bethany Added to the Fourth Gospel in the Second Century? Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2016 The Mystery of Mary and Martha by Elizabeth Schrader Polczer  BAR > Winter 2024. See pdf here on this site. Elizabeth Schrader Her […]

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James C. VanderKam

The Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Christianity: Part One. How are they related? Published 1991. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Christianity: Part Two. What they share. Published 1991. PDF copies of the above are in DropBox. Links to other BAS Articles: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament The Dead Sea Scrolls: How They […]

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Jonathan Z. Smith

The First Chapter from Relating Religion, Essays in the Study of Religion by Jonathan Z. Smith Hellenistic religion – by Jonathan Z. Smith. Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2017, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hellenistic-religion. Accessed 16 March 2024. Below is the content of a slide Tabor presents as what Smith taught. Tabor acknowledges he extracted this from Smith’s Britannica entry linked […]

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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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Markus Vinzent

Resetting the origins of Christianity: a new theory of sources and beginnings Review by Peter Gemeinhardt, University of Göttingen of Markus Vinzent, Resetting the origins of Christianity: a new theory of sources and beginnings. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. 350. ISBN 9781009290487 His new book – Christ’s Torah: The Making of the New Testament […]

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Ross Nichols

Ordained minister of United Israel World Union is a 501(c)3 educational research organization founded in 1944 by David Horowitz (1903-2002), as an international movement to disseminate the Decalogue Faith both within and beyond the confines of Jewry. Its primary focus is to function as an association of any, and all who are drawn to the One God of Abraham […]

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