I just recently found it, in my preparation to write this post, while researching if anybody else saw that Jesus was using hyperbole when He said to “turn the other cheek”. I agree with his evidence and his primary conclusion that Jesus was using a lot of hyperbole and other non-litera...
By contrast, Luke’s account portrays Jesus’ baptism as a communal event: “Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying…” Mark presents Jesus stepping onto the world stage, becoming the Son of God through adoption at baptism. Luke, ...
the completion of this thesis. I also give my hearty thanks to all my classmates who had offered generous help and useful suggestions in the process of writing this thesis. Finally, I would like to express my appreciation to all the writers whose works have been referred to in this thesis....
The letter or canon of Patriarch Tarasius of Constantinople contains a phrase against the Jews who killed Jesus Christ, but this phrase cannot be accepted as rhetorical manifestations directed toward Jews or their property. Despite the fact that some canons prohibited Christians from attending Jewish...