Dr. Mark Nanos is a reform Jew who studies St. Paul as a Jewish historian, seeking to recover him for Judaism for the sake of Christian-Jewish relations in the post-Holocaust world. He has been a friend and a critic of “New Perspective on Paul” view on Pauline writings (much more a friend than a critic). […]
This is an excellent reflection on the encounter of anthropology, sociology, history and theology. Enjoy and let me know what you think!
I had once had a previlage to personally meet Prof. Geza Vermes at Princeton-Prague Symposium on Historical Jesus that I took part in as a doctoral student under encouragement and because of the invitation of Prof. James Charlesworth. Geza Vermes passed a way today and I wanted to honor him by posting one of his […]
By Dr. Mark Goodacre in his NT Blog. Geza Vermes was a legend. It is rare for a scholar to make so massive an impact in the guild in different areas, the study of early Judaism and the study of Christian origins. His Penguin paperback, The Dead Sea Scrolls in English, was for many of […]
This is a talk by Rabbi Chaim Richman, an Orthodox Jew who is the director of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem. Disclaimer: I think that for a Christian this video may help to connect with the topics that are interesting and important. In my next post I will briefly discuss Christian Anti-Judaism and misconceptions associated […]
Andrea Tornielli Vatican City A cordial meeting between Israeli president Shimon Peres and Pope Francis was held this morning, in the Vatican. During the audience, which lasted 30 minutes, the president invited Francis to Jerusalem. “It’s not just me who would like to see you there, the whole of Israel would.” When the two shook […]
Giorgio Bernardelli Rome Next summer, Christians and Jews will be going on a pilgrimage to Israel to commemorate Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini. Pilgrims will plant the first trees and a commemorative stela will be unveiled on 17 June 2013. The idea for the forest – which will be planted near Tiberias to commemorate the cardinal […]
One of the names of God in the Bible isיהוה יִרְאֶה (Adonai Yireh). It appears in Gen 22: 14 and most Bibles translate it as “the LORD will provide”. The four letter name of God comes first but theיִרְאֶה (yireh) part comes from Hebrew verbלִרְאוֹת (lirot) which means “to see, to perceive, to look”. This […]
In early 2007, Simcha Jacobovici and Charles Pellegrino released their book, The Jesus Family Tomb, in conjunction with “The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” a film produced by Jacobovici and James Cameron. The topic of both book and film was a first-century tomb found in the Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem in 1980, and ten ossuaries (burial chests) associated with this tomb. Their […]
It has long been thought that John was either inaccurate or unconcerned about issues of chronology, geography and details in general; but was rather concerned with the larger theological view of Christ-related events. Since we have already walked together through first five chapters of the Gospel, we see that it is not the case. John is accurate.
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