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...
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...
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,...
