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Saturday, August 24, 2013
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
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According to Reza Aslan, Jesus was a guerrilla leader who wanted to drive Rome out of Palestine and he points to the scriptures as evidence...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
A Brief Summary of the Book of Isaiah
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When I was in grade school, I attended a Mormon seminary. The seminary teacher taught us that the Book of Isaiah is really complicated and ...
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Sunday, September 2, 2012
Donkey God
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Jewish Onolatry In ancient times, the Jews were accused of having a statue of a donkey in their temple. In some versions of the story, Mo...
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Jesus the Magician by Morton Smith
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Scholars in search of a historical Jesus usually assume the miraculous stories are later additions and that the real Jesus was either a sag...
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Friday, July 6, 2012
The Great Angel by Margaret Barker, Part 3
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Chapter 7 The Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria lived during the time Christianity began, yet his writings don't match our preconceiv...
Saturday, June 30, 2012
The Great Angel by Margaret Barker, Part 2
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Chapter 4 According to Philo, the two cherubim of the temple represent the God of Israel, yet one is male and one is female. Both partici...
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
The Great Angel by Margaret Barker, Part 1
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The Great Angel by Margaret Barker Margaret Barker's book The Great Angel is incredibly dense, so I'm unable to provide a full su...
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