Posts by tag: New Testament

Paul And The Jewish Tradition: The Ideology Of The Shema

By Mark D. Nanos Shema Israel, Adonai Elohenu, Adonai Echad: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.” The Shema Israel has arguably been the most important ideological claim of Judaism since early Israelite history. This call to listen to God is followed by the injunction to love God, that is, […]

What Is The Morning Star In Revelation 2:26-29?

26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations; 27 And he shell rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father… In a continual series […]

The Hebrew New Testament?

This article argues that the New Testament was written by Christ-following Jews not in Hebrew, but in Koine Judeo-Greek.

The Pool Of Bethesda As A Healing Center Of Asclepius

The Pool of Bethesda as a healing center of Greek-god Asclepius (John 5) 1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and […]