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Jesus And The Judean Authorities (john 7.1-11)

After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Once Jesus’ most dramatic statement about the nature of his person and mission (eating his body and drinking his blood) was delivered in Capernaum, he began to spend more time in Galilee. The […]

Images Of Jews And Judaism In Paul’s Letter To The Romans:...

Mark D. Nanos (Ph.D. University of St. Andrews), is a Jewish scholar who specializes on reading the Apostle Paul from within Judaism, an approach that offers new ways to conceptualize Paul’s teaching and communities as well as the potential for more promising Christian-Jewish relations. Many papers and reviews are available at his web site: www.marknanos.com. […]

John 6.67-71 (rethinking Judas Iscariot And His Sin)

For much better viewing click here. 67 So Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” 70 Jesus […]

John 6.60-66 Jesus As The Faithful Remnant Of One

For much better viewing please click here. 60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? Please, see my comments in Eating His Flesh […]

The Temple In Jerusalem: Looking For Mister X (chapter 3)

For better viewing click here. CHAPTER THREE For those of you who are just joining in. Our study group began a new initiative. We started reading books together and discussing them online. Thank you everyone for wonderful participation so far! The previous discussions about Chapter 1 & 2 are available in the section “Good Reads”. […]

Eating His Body And Drinking His Blood: Reality, Life And Difficult...

52The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks […]

Solomon’s Temple: The Glory And The Destruction – Prof....

CHAPTER TWO For those of you who are just joining in. Our study group began a new initiative. We started reading books together and discussing them online. Please, secure your copy and begin reading the book. (I found a downloadable free copy here and a hard copy here.) I also suggest that you read the […]

The Temple In Jerusalem: A Monument Of The Imagination –...

CHAPTER ONE Since yesterday’s response from study group members wanting to read this book and then discuss it online was so overwhelming, I decided that we can go ahead and start today! This week we will discuss the first chapter. (For those of you who are just joining in. Please, secure your copy and begin […]

The Temple Of Jerusalem (prof. Simon Goldhill, Cambridge...

NEW!!!  Jewish Studies for Christians Study Group is starting something new and exciting today! Our group is now around 1500 people and one of the things we will do is read books together. Don’t worry no one has the time to read too many of them. 🙂 We will start by a book by Prof. […]

The Samaritan Woman Story: An Alternative View (dr. Eli...

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman: Rereading a Beloved Story The chapter that relates the story of Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well in John 4 begins by setting the stage for what will take place later in Samaria and is rooted in what already by this time in the Gospel’s progress has taken […]

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