Steve 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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