BIBLICAL STUDIES

Paul’s Ministry in Seven Places: One Gospel, Many Expressions   Paul never carried the Gospel as a detached messenger. He carried it as a man seized by the love of God, burdened for his fellow Jews, devoted to the young churches he planted, and driven by the Holy Spirit with a zeal that could not […]

Ancient Jewish Literature Covenant People Covenant and the U.S. Constitution Early ChristendomGospels Criticism-1Gospels Criticism-2Jehovah and His ChroniclerNew Testament Canon One Gospel,Many ExpressionsPalestine (N/A/Fiction)(The) Am haAretz The Council at Jamnia The Song of Deborah Torah A Rallying Point Witnesses to the Life of Jesus Christ Zion, How Lovely the Name

Introduction   In Hebrew, Zion (TZION) is one of the many names of Jerusalem mentioned throughout the Bible (some others are Ariel = “Lion of [Jehovah] God” Isaiah 29:1, Holy City Isaiah 52:1, City of David, which refers to the oldest settled neighborhood of Jerusalem and the original core of the ancient city, it is

Introduction   This material probably could have been categorized as a sermon or a biblical study, we opted for the Biblical Study category because of the importance of biblical covenants to the study and the many references to them. Our purpose is to uncover the U.S. Constitution’s biblical covenantal underpinnings. Before we begin, some pertinent

Introduction   Much of our understanding of the events, persons, and institutions found in the New Testament is to a large degree a function of our understanding of the intertestamental period (fourth-century BC–first-century AD), particularly the literature within Judaism that survived that period reveals to us insights that broaden our understanding of the aforementioned categories

Introduction What witnesses do we have to the life of Jesus Christ and which is the best? There are essentially five witnesses that attest to the life of Jesus Christ: 1.) The canonical gospels. 2.) Non-Christian Jewish material. 3.) New Testament text outside of the canonical gospels. 4.) Non-canonical gospels. 5.) Roman material.   We

Contents I. Introduction II. The Holy Book: Lost, Found, Founded III. Torah and the Maccabean Revolt IV. Torah and the Hasmonean Dynasty V. Torah and the Roman Period VI. Concluding Comments Illustrations And Tables    Figure 1. Torah scroll at old Glockengasse Synagogue    Table 1. Socio-political-religious Groups, Parties, and Sects in or Influential to

Contents I. Introduction II. The Preservation Of Judaism At Jamnia III. The Planting of The Christian Church IV. Concluding Comments Illustrations And Tables Figure 1. Jamnia approximate Works Cited Notes N/A . I. Introduction   An apt lead-in to this study would be a scholarly discussion of the Jewish Roman War of AD 66-70. The

Contents Introduction II. (The) Am haAretz III. Concluding Comments Illustrations and Tables Figure 1 The Halakah Hedge. Figure 2. Burdening (The) Am haAretz  Table 1. Socio-political-religious Groups, Parties, and Sects in or Influential to Judaism Works Cited and References Notes ntroduction   To discuss the Am haAretz[1] of first-century Palestine, the period that corresponds to our

I. Introduction The text of the Song of Deborah is largely recognized to be very early Hebrew; it is generally ascribed to sometime in the twelfth-century BC. As such, the song presents us invaluable glimpses into the sociopolitical makeup of Israel shortly after its conquest of Canaan, and therefore especially revealing is Israel’s early structure