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When You Give, Give in Secret – Matthew 6:2-4
Published: 19/10/2018Jesus tells his followers to do their spiritual disciples in private. He assumes they will give to the poor, pray and fast, but he does not want them to draw attention to themselves in these spiritual ... Read moreSource: readingacts.com -
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Be Careful When Practicing Righteousness – Matthew 6:1
Published: 17/10/2018In the next section of the Sermon on the Mount Jesus addresses the practice of righteousness. He told his disciples their righteousness must exceed the Pharisees (5:20) and they must be perfect like t ... Read moreSource: readingacts.com -
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Saving Aramaic, the Language Jesus Spoke
Published: 15/10/2018Once spoken across most of the ancient Near East, Aramaic was most likely the language Jesus spoke. Yona Sabar, a scholar and one of the last living native speakers of Aramaic, gives an account of the ... Read moreSource: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
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Book Review: Ian Paul, Revelation. Tyndale New Testament Commentary
Published: 12/10/2018Paul, Ian. Revelation. Tyndale New Testament Commentary. Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP Academic, 2018. 371 pp. Pb. $25.00 Link to IVP Academic This new volume in the Tyndale New Testament Commentary se ... Read moreSource: readingacts.com -
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2,000-Year-Old Jerusalem Inscription Bears City’s Name
Published: 9/10/2018Archaeologists have unearthed a Second Temple period stone inscription that spells the name Jerusalem as Yerushalayim (as it’s spelled in Hebrew today). The post 2,000-Year-Old Jerusalem Inscription B ... Read moreSource: www.biblicalarchaeology.org -
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The Principle of an “Eye for an Eye” – Matthew 5:38-42
Published: 9/10/2018The tradition of the Mosaic Law was a “one for one” retribution. In legal terms, this is known as lex talonis (law according to kind). A similar principle appears in the Code of Hammurabi, although Qu ... Read moreSource: readingacts.com
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Book Review: David A. deSilva, The Letter to the Galatians (NICNT)
Published: 8/10/2018deSilva, David A. The Letter to the Galatians. NICNT; Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2018. lxxix+541 pp.; Hb.; $55.00. Link to Eerdmans Over the past few years Eerdmans has been replacing older volume ... Read moreSource: readingacts.com -
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Precursor to Paleo-Hebrew Script Discovered in Jerusalem
Published: 8/10/2018Alan Millard examines the Proto-Canaanite script of the earliest alphabetic text ever found in Jerusalem. What can it tell us about literacy during the time of David and Solomon? The post Precursor to ... Read moreSource: www.biblicalarchaeology.org -
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Three Person, Coeternal, Together and Equal
Published: 6/10/2018The Nicene Creed also pays tribute to the Holy Spirit as being Himself God and equal to the Father and the Son: I believe in the Holy Spirit ... Read moreSource: www.cmalliance.org
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How Old Is That? Dating in the Ancient World
Published: 5/10/2018Dating is one of the most important aspects of the archaeological world. In the first article of a new series called Biblical Archaeology 101, discover the difference between relative and absolute dat ... Read moreSource: www.biblicalarchaeology.org -
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The Offense of Jesus’s Teaching on Adultery and Oaths
Published: 5/10/2018Perhaps an audience of Jewish listeners would have resonated with Jesus’s statements on murder (5:21-26) and adultery (5:27-30). At least in principle everyone can agree that anger and lust are the in ... Read moreSource: readingacts.com -
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Do Not Make Oaths at All! – Matthew 5:33-37
Published: 4/10/2018As demonstrated above, there was a great deal of discussion within Second Temple Judaism on the issue of making oaths and vows. Rather than define what sorts of circumstances would allow for an oath o ... Read moreSource: readingacts.com
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Making Oaths in the Jewish World – Matthew 5:33-37
Published: 3/10/2018The Law permitted swearing oaths. In Matthew 5:33, Jesus quotes the first part of Leviticus 19:12 along with Numbers 30:2 and (possibly) Deuteronomy 23:21. Oaths were used in both legal and religious ... Read moreSource: readingacts.com -
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Kindle Deals on Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament Backgrounds from Eerdmans
Published: 3/10/2018I was poking around on Amazon looking for something else, and noticed several excellent Kindle deals on a few older Eerdmans publications. I have all these books in my “real book” library and can stat ... Read moreSource: readingacts.com -
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“Aramaic Comics” Decorate Roman Tomb in Beit Ras, Jordan
Published: 3/10/2018In a Roman tomb in northern Jordan, archaeologists have discovered what they are calling the “first Aramaic comics.” The post “Aramaic Comics” Decorate Roman Tomb in Beit Ras, Jordan appeared first on ... Read moreSource: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
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Biblical Studies Carnival 151 (September 2018)
Published: 3/10/2018I had a particularly busy Monday, and now it is a busy Tuesday before I get to the monthly Biblical Studies Carnival. Jim West posted Biblical Studies Carnival 151 for September 2018 at Zwinglius Redi ... Read moreSource: readingacts.com -
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Early Christian Amulets: Between Faith and Magic
Published: 1/10/2018Just like their pagan neighbors, Jesus’s followers of the first Christian centuries would commonly resort to protection amulets to guard themselves from illness and any kind of harm. The post Early Ch ... Read moreSource: www.biblicalarchaeology.org -
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The Gospel of Thomas’s 114 Sayings of Jesus
Published: 30/09/2018Read the 114 sayings of Jesus from the Gospel of Thomas as translated by Stephen J. Patterson and James M. Robinson. The post The Gospel of Thomas’s 114 Sayings of Jesus appeared first on Biblical Arc ... Read moreSource: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
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Chris Green on the excellent Full Focus Planner
Published: 26/09/2018I could write my own enthusiastic review of Michael Hyatt’s Full Focus Planner, a planning/diary tool developed from his limpidly clear thinking on how to organise your life to achieve the things whic ... Read moreSource: stevewalton.info -
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Last Call for Biblical Studies Carnival Links for September 2018
Published: 25/09/2018Celebrate the end of long hot summer with the September 2018 Biblical Studies Carnival hosted by Jim West, the Grand Poobah of Biblio-blogging. Jim has hosted many carnivals and often has focused on s ... Read moreSource: readingacts.com -
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MOOC—Biblical Archaeology: The Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Judah
Published: 25/09/2018Aren Maeir will be offering a MOOC titled “Biblical Archaeology: The Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Judah” online from early December 2018 on the EdX platform. The post MOOC—Biblical Archaeology: T ... Read moreSource: www.biblicalarchaeology.org