General Introduction Where theology and religion are concerned, ‘Syncretism’ is when you mix together (or ‘syncretise’) the theologies, beliefs and practices of two or more separate religions. Syncretism, by its very nature, is something that humans do. A syncretised...

Shalom my sisters and brothers, Among people in the West, especially those who are anti-Israel, there is the general perception that after Roman times, Jews were always a tiny minority of the population of the Holy Land, and that Arabs were always in the...

The Purpose of this Article I am basically writing this piece to make my personal position clear: I am against those who spread violence and death, whoever they are, and whatever religion they might belong to. I support anyone who is innocent in times of war, whether...

Introduction: The Purpose of Yom ha-Kippurim The majority of this article is taken from the Introduction to the Prayerbook for the Day of Expiations. For a shorter, condensed version of the content in this article, see this blogpost. The whole purpose of the Day of...

Shalom everyone, There are some religious preachers who will threaten or shame you into following their teachings. I‘m not going to do that. There are some religious teachers who will wow you by proclaiming that they are spiritually evolved beings, who have been...

General Introduction The Yahwist principle of mutual responsibility comes from the transactional nature of the various covenants described in the Miqra. One principle might be openly stated, but the responsibility of the other person in a transaction is often assumed...

General Introduction This is the third in my series of ‘reaction articles’ to the recent set of lectures given on 27-28 May 2023, by Dr Bart Ehrman, on the topic of ‘Jesus & Paul: The Great Divide’ (you can read my very first article in this series by...

Some forethoughts I remember an episode of Stargate SG1 ('Avatar', S8 Ep6), where Teal’c had to re-live the same day over and over again – a day of battle inside the SG1 base, each time correcting all the mistakes that he had made in the previous incarnation of the...

General Introduction This is the second in my series of ‘reaction articles’ to the recent lectures given on 27-28 May 2023, by Dr Bart Ehrman, on the topic of ‘Jesus & Paul: The Great Divide’ (you can read the very first article in this series by clicking here)....

How the Prophets of the Hebrew Bible understood Times of Tribulation If you read the books of the biblical prophets, you’ll see that they criticise Israelian and Judean society for various kinds of social injustices (e.g. oppression and exploitation of the poor,...