Was Jesus a Jew?
Was Jesus a Jew? Some people claim that Jesus was a Christian. Some have claimed that he was an Aryan Christian. But in recent decades scholars have been returning to ancient historical settings and...
View ArticleWas Jesus’ Last Supper a Seder?
Read Jonathan Klawans’s article “Was Jesus’ Last Supper a Seder?” as it originally appeared in Bible Review, October 2001. The article was first republished in Bible History Daily in October 2012.—Ed....
View ArticleA Feast for the Senses … and the Soul
This article was originally published in March 2013. It has been updated.—Ed. Dating to the third millennium BC.E, this limestone plaque, discovered at Nippur depicts a well-sated goddess (center)...
View ArticleThe “Strange” Ending of the Gospel of Mark and Why It Makes All the Difference
This article was originally published on Dr. James Tabor’s popular TaborBlog, a site that discusses and reports on “‘All things biblical’ from the Hebrew Bible to Early Christianity in the Roman World...
View ArticleWas Jesus a Jew?
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2011.—Ed. Was Jesus a Jew? Some people claim that Jesus was a Christian. Some have claimed that he was an Aryan Christian. But in recent...
View ArticleA Feast for the Senses … and the Soul
Dating to the third millennium BC.E, this limestone plaque, discovered at Nippur depicts a well-sated goddess (center) holding a cup in one hand and a fish in the other as she relaxes on her...
View ArticleWas Jesus’ Last Supper a Seder?
Read Jonathan Klawans’s article “Was Jesus’ Last Supper a Seder?” as it originally appeared in Bible Review, October 2001. Klawans also wrote a follow-up article, “Jesus’ Last Supper Still Wasn’t a...
View ArticleThe “Strange” Ending of the Gospel of Mark and Why It Makes All the Difference
This article was originally published on Dr. James Tabor’s popular TaborBlog, a site that discusses and reports on “‘All things biblical’ from the Hebrew Bible to Early Christianity in the Roman World...
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