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Join the book study! Also, let’s read the gospels through the Rabbinic writings In the previous days drafting this post, Hamas attacked the innocent citizens of Israel and Israel has… Read more

Matthew 21, Mark 11, and Recasting Jesus-Temple interactions in light of Second Temple Period Judaism Introduction: Setting the Table After a few weeks of a different flavor for Rosh Hashanah… Read more

Jewish Values that Generalize Jewish Pizza “I don’t eat pepperoni.” “What?” “Yeah, I don’t eat it. Well, I don’t eat pork.” Early when Whitney (my spouse) and I were dating… Read more

Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Just Peace Dip the Apple in the Honey This past Friday night (at sunset) brought Jewish communities a double holiday: Rosh Hashanah and Shabbat. The… Read more

Matthew 18.15-20 map onto Torah and Talmudic instruction; why it matters Substack recently released a feature to incentivize subscriber referrals to friends, check it out to spread the good news!… Read more

Christian Texts; Jewish Context The Son of Man Must Suffer In today’s assigned gospel reading, Matthew 16.21-28, Jesus continues to help the disciples come to terms with the passion prediction,… Read more

The holiness of porous boundaries Boundary Maintenance “We’re the United Church of Christ, not the Unitarian Universalists.” This objection was raised during floor debate prior to the vote for the… Read more

The secret messiah and evolving theological language for proto-Christianity Introduction: Secret Savior and Divine Revelation Did you read yesterday’s bonus post? If you did, you’ll be in good shape for… Read more

The Gospel Writers within Apocalyptic Context OK, I lifted that quote off one of my favorite songs. What if this is the point? If the world is ending… We toast… Read more

A discussion about historical criticism and the biblical literature Introduction: Going Against Conventional Wisdom “Those were probably some pretty heated conversations,” my friend Ryan and I laughed about last night… Read more