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Notes from Ross Nichols teaching with the same title here. 99% of the text on this page is from my transcript of his video. The outline formatting is mine to put his supporting comments into a format I can remember…hopefully. This is a very profound teaching. Everywhere in the text below where “I” makes a […]
Continue ReadingParables of Jesus (All 38 Parables with Verse & Meaning) written by Marko Marina, Ph.D. and posted to BartEhrman.com May 14th, 2024. Mark also has Jesus delivering a series of parables so that other people (outsiders) won’t understand him. In Mk 4:11-12, he says to the disciples: “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given […]
Continue ReadingMy Questions: Jumps to Topics Below Christianized Readings in the Protestant OT vs. the Tanakh*** <- Click link for full post. Atonement or Forgiveness? Bart’s comment about Luke-Acts The doctrine of atonement does not hinge on what the author of Luke Acts thought. If you are a Christian and you’re interested in what the Bible […]
Continue ReadingThis long post has a lot of views and insights. In addition see: John 20:30-31; Life in his name through believing 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 31 But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the […]
Continue ReadingSubpages to this page are summaries and extracts from Dr. James Tabor’s 16 lectures from his “Christianity Before Paul” series during the winter/spring of 2025. Also, see the page on this site titled Jesus Before Paul and Robyn Faith Walsh’s paper, “A Jesus Before Paul?” All text below is by Dr. James D. Tabor from here. […]
Continue ReadingIn Lesson 4 of Bart Ehrman’s course The Genius of Acts of the Apostles, he says: Historically, it is absolutely the case that the Christian movement began as a kind of Judaism. Jesus himself was Jewish. His followers were Jewish. They kept the Jewish law. They adhered to Jewish customs. Nobody said anything about not […]
Continue ReadingFrom Bart’s post Twelve Days of Christmas Day 8: Why Was Jesus Born of a Virgin in Matthew and Luke? See also the quote below from Shaun Wheeler of BSA. In Matthew’s version, Jesus is born of a virgin because this is what was predicted in the prophet Isaiah, as he explicitly states in Isaiah […]
Continue ReadingBy email on 8/18/2024 – BAS editors created this Special Collection specifically for people like you. As a member of the Biblical Archaeology Society Library, you are able to enjoy this remarkable collection of scholarly articles.
Continue ReadingThis post contains the positions of Witherington, Tabor, Charlesworth, and Ehrman. Below those long entries is a short paragraph relating to the paper of Marcus Blue, a BSA member. Summary of the info below this table: Scholar Choice Various “For” Arguments Various “Against” Arguments Tabor James James is head of Movement and as his family […]
Continue ReadingThe article by the same title as this page at the BAS Library provides pros and cons as well as “a way out” of the debate. It is by Otto Betz. Bible Review 6.6 (1990). It is also a great summary of the varying beliefs of the different Essene communities. This page is for our personal use […]
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