Video on AncientBible: Genesis, Bible, Inspiration #1
Posted this morning on AncientBible.net . . . Some people avoid learning too much about the cultural background of the Bible because they worry about losing their faith. Others live in denial that the...
View ArticleDavid Matthews Lists 27 Reasons to Study the Temple
And they are good reasons. I may disagree on a few details here and there (like the idea that the book of Hebrews was about people who had to choose between belonging to Yeshua or continuing to be...
View ArticleThe Bible as a Divine Book (plus a video)
We have never been the same since the day on which God overwhelmed us at Sinai. -Abraham Joshua Heschel The story of God speaking from the mountain in the desert is not a simple one. If you’ve not...
View ArticleSteve Purtell on Evidence for Ancient Israel, Merneptah Stele
On AncientBible.net my co-blogger Steve Purtell does an excellent job explaining why a stone slab with Egyptian writing found in 1896 is great evidence that ancient Israel was no myth. Read “Evidence...
View ArticlePaul and Judaism, Paul and Gentiles, at AncientBible.net today . . .
This is the promised “Paul Was Too Jewish for the Synagogue” post — Part 2 of which will be written this week by my co-blogger and friend, David Matthews. Here is a tiny excerpt: Along comes Paul. He...
View ArticleSteve Purtell Explains the House of David Inscription
On AncientBible.net, co-blogger Steve Purtell explains the Tel Dan Stele and the inscription concerning the house of David. This is an example of an important confirmation outside the Bible of a bit...
View ArticleExodus 3:1-15
EXODUS 3:1-15 The burning bush (1-6), the mission of Moses (7-10), Moses’ uncertainty (11-12), God’s Name (13-15). This potent and foundational story of Jewish and Christian belief raises many...
View ArticleSteve Purtell on Hezekiah’s Tunnel Inscription
I am in the club of those who have walked the subterranean passage in the cold water, sometimes up to the waist. I walked it when they still allowed people to hold candles in their hand (now only...
View ArticleJesus and Sacrifices, This Week’s Series on AncientBible.net
Imagine Jesus in line at the Temple in Jerusalem, a goat or lamb beside him — the Lamb of God about to offer to God the Father an actual lamb. Is this difficult for you? It could be that, even...
View ArticleJesus and Sacrifices, Part 2, on AncientBible.net
The Gospels never depict Jesus offering a sacrifice. Could there be a reason? You bet, and the answer helps us understand a new dimension of the Jewishness of the New Testament. A giant cultural blind...
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