and archaeological context. More than twenty-five internationally recognized experts offer new translations and descriptions of a broad range of texts that shed new light on the Jesus of history, including pagan prayers and private inscriptions, miracle tales and martyrdoms, parables and fables, divorc...
Well, yes, obviously, going back to my notes and the Biblical texts, we are talking about Jesus of Nazareth being, if you like, the "fall guy" for a cause. As a rather radical Jewish prophet as he was, in historical terms, almost certainly. But it's applicable to a...
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The scholars--most of whom consider themselves within liberal Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions--doubted nearly all descriptions of visits to Jesus’ burial place in the New Testament books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Acts. The only visitation passage that has an element of historical...
In some Hindu temples, we can see the spiritual roots of the great Shiva God standing in the temple and allowing believers to pay homage. It is no wonder, therefore, that one thousand years ago in Khajuraho there was so much sexual excitement and undisguised descriptions of sculptures of all...
Th e fi rst part of the essay considers what the term 'history' means and how a historian goes about doing history (i.e., the 'rules of the game'). Th e second part considers three diff erent approaches used in biblical studies to handle descriptions and explanations in the primary ...
there were multiple times when I was in awe of Wingate’s technique. Her detailed descriptions of some of the more basic aspects of park ranger life made this character feel authentic. As writers, we’re often told to “write what we know,” but that sometimes means we’re too close to...
"... if we challenge the historicity of Jesus Christ, then Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and other legends of history would fade into myth, there is so much less evidence of their existence." AChristianRome? After 300 years of Systematic Persecution of the Christians failed to get the...