by Shmuel Parzal | Jan 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Background If, as we believe, Yeshua was a genuine, fully human Jewish prophet, called by God, and that he was a real person who really existed, what biographical details in the synoptic gospels are safe to assume are from its genuine, earliest layer, and which can we...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jan 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Question to ChatGPT: In Mark 1:9-11, a dove appears and a heavenly voice speaks. According to scholarly consensus, in Mark’s understanding of what he himself wrote, did John the Baptist or anyone else present see the dove, or hear the voice? I felt this question was...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jan 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
For an examination of why there is no contemporary historical evidence of Yeshua, see this article here. Background The documentary ‘Caesar’s Messiah’ centres on the claims of Joseph Atwell that the Flavian dynasty of Caesars invented Jesus, wrote the gospels, and...
by Shmuel Parzal | Dec 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
Shalom everyone, Some people believe that because Scripture speaks of an “end of days,” there is no point in working for peace or justice in the present age. According to this view, deadly wars and worldwide destruction are inevitable, even divinely intended, and...
by Shmuel Parzal | Dec 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Nowadays, there are too many people in the West who believe there are only two options: either you support the oppressed Palestinians, or you support an evil Israel; there is no middle ground allowed. This is a false binary — a form of moral laziness — and is a...
