A Virtual File Cabinet for Our Studies of Christian Origins & Hebraic Faith
The 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 […]
Continue ReadingA Phantom Jesus: The Teachings of the Second-Century Marcion by Bart Ehrman. Includes an extract “Here is how I explain his views in my book How Jesus Became God.” Bart says in his post: Another Post by Bart Ehrman – Paul’s “Gospel” and Marcion Why did Marcion think that Luke’s Gospel in particular was the one […]
Continue ReadingBy Dr. James D. Tabor Ebionites & Nazarenes: Tracking the Original Followers of Jesus – Extracts below. The issue of the relationship of Jesus to the “Essenes,” as well as to the Dead Sea Scrolls, whether Essene or otherwise, is central to our attempts to view Jesus in his historical contexts. In other words, we […]
Continue ReadingJerusalem’s Essene Gateway – Where the Community Lived in Jesus’ Time by Bargil Pixner ” I sincerely thank Professor James Tabor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dr. Rainer Riesner of the University of Tübingen and Professor James Strange of the University of South Florida for their great help in preparing this article.” The […]
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