On Future Writing
If you love a regular dose of Divine Glory, glimpses of wonder and the sublime … if learning excites you … if you’ve found the value of using some of your “spare” time to be infused with insight and perception…
Between Passover and Shavuot … Educate Yourself
No, this is not about me teaching a class. This is about you, dear Musings reader, and your need to educate yourself. As Adonai said through Isaiah, “My people do not understand” (1:3). What is it you are lacking in…
Handbook to Yeshua in Context growing …
It is a free online book being developed throughout 2012. It has 12 entries as of today, things from “The Nature Miracles of Yeshua” to “Study Methods and Tips.” Today, I just added this entry about Yeshua’s exalted identity in…
Passover and the Torah Theology of Freedom
We should not shy from the difficult questions. It seems to many that God is a moral monster (and a 2011 book discussed that issue, though the reviews of the book were not good). Passover raises a troubling issue. It…
Passover and Yeshua’s Last Week (Based on John)
What happened when in the week leading up to the crucifixion of Yeshua? What if we ask this question of the Gospel of John instead of the more common approach of following Mark-Matthew-Luke (the synoptic gospels, as they are called)?…
Passover: 10 Lesser-Known Factoids
Many people think Passover is only for Jews. Factoid #1: Passover spread to that other first century Jewish movement too (the Yeshua movement, which became Christianity). And it wasn’t just Jewish followers of Yeshua who kept Passover in the early…
PODCAST at the YIC Blog
Sometimes we understand a story best only after we have read to the end. Like a detective story, the Gospel of John has some revelation that waits until 21:24. And when we read a second time, once we understand, there…
UPDATED REPOST: Passover, Resurrection, Constantine
Back in 2008, I posted “Passover, Resurrection, and Constantine,” an exploration of the Passover calendar and how the Christian Easter came to differ from the Jewish Passover reckoning. It has been a much-searched for article at Musings, and I have…
REVIEW: Anthony Le Donne’s Historical Jesus
Historical Jesus: What can we know and how can we know it?, Anthony Le Donne, Eerdmans, 2011. This short and very readable volume is valuable but flawed. The reason I say that: great information on historical “knowing” and application to…
Hints of Rome in the Passover Haggadah
For many things Passover there are two explanations: the symbolic and the historical. Take the karpas (greens, often parsley or lettuce) for example. We dip them in saltwater. The symbolic explanation I first heard and have used ever since: the…
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