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Did Jesus Eliminate the Jewish Food Laws?

Did Jesus eliminate the Jewish food laws, known as kashrut? Did he announce that they no longer mattered and that what did matter was an ethical lifestyle? This is the belief of many Christians who take as their evidence the words of Jesus (or rather an editorial aside written by the author of the Gospel …

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Join Me Live on April 27!

Just announced: BAS online Spring Symposium 2024 featuring yours truly along with noted scholars Pamela Eisenbaum, Ben Witherington, and Mark Goodacre. Join us on April 27 as we discuss various interpretations of the apostle Paul! You must be a BAS All-Access member to view the event but the cost is reasonable and includes other symposia …

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Tis the Season…

In honor of the Christmas season, I have bumped a number of my posts dealing with the birth of Jesus to the top of my blog site for easy access. They deal with such topics as the date of Jesus's birth, the composition of typical nativity scenes, the possibility that Jesus went to Egypt, the …

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Why Do the Heathen Rage?

This King James translation of Psalm 2:1 has stuck with me since childhood, long before I had any idea what it meant. But it seems apt for what I am about to share with you. First, let’s look at the psalm from the Jewish Publication Society translation (the best place to start for translations of …

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Check out “The Great Paul Debate” at Bible History Daily

Featuring: Yours Truly. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/the-great-paul-debate/?mqsc=E4156702&dk=ZE34N0ZF0&utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=BHDA%20Daily%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=11_17_23_The_Great_Paul_Debate

The Twelve Apostles, Part 5 – Matthew, Thomas, James

We continue our historical survey of the lives of the twelve apostles. In this post, we discuss the apostles Matthew, Thomas, and James. Matthew             The Greek word, Matthaios, from which we derive Matthew, comes from the Semitic Mattiyah meaning “gift of Yahweh.”  Beyond that, and the appearance of his name in the lists of …

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My books reviewed and discussed in April!

This month, both of my published books have been discussed online! My first book, The Upper Room and Tomb of David: The History, Art and Archaeology of the Cenacle on Mount Zion (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2016) was discussed in the Bible History Daily webpagepublished by Biblical Archaeology Review. Mark Dospěl considers "Did Jesus’ Last Supper …

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