Category Archives: Yeshua

Some Passion Narratives Commentary

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

If you don’t follow along with us in the daily readings from Torah and the gospels (the “Daily D’var”) then you might enjoy this example of commentary which I send out daily to a list (right now about 150 people). … Continue reading →

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The Outer Circle Around Yeshua

Posted on February 28, 2011 by

. . . but for those outside everything is in parables. These are Yeshua’s words in Mark 4:11. But most of us do not believe him. We see all around us religious empires built on the simplistic understanding of “those … Continue reading →

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Exam: The Gospel Proficiency Test

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

How well would you do in a test of your knowledge of the gospels in English? No tricks. No requirement of knowledge of commentaries or historical dictionaries or anything. This could be a good spiritual experience for you. You can … Continue reading →

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A Very Moving Blog by Gene Shlomovich

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

On baseless hatred as the cause for the Second Temple’s destruction and relating it all to Yeshua’s suffering. http://dailyminyan.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/why-was-the-second-temple-destroyed/

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Passover, Last Supper, Crucifixion: 2011 Notes, Part 2

Posted on February 24, 2011 by

In Part 1, we talked about the discrepancy between Mark and John regarding the day on which Yeshua was crucified and whether the Last Supper was a Passover Seder or not. I will explain this again briefly below a different … Continue reading →

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Two Articles of Note on Yeshua in Context

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

Close reading is a lost art. Maybe it has something to do with the skimming we routinely practice reading way to many articles on the internet. “John 14:31, Why Close Reading Helps.” As part of my research into the Passover … Continue reading →

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Passover, Last Supper, Crucifixion: 2011 Notes, Part 1

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

I know this post will disturb some good people and for good reason. I have the unenviable task of introducing a topic that calls into question many people’s view of the Bible, and specifically the gospels, as a unified, non-contradictory … Continue reading →

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