Jesus never wrote a book. The main sources about him, the Four Gospels, were written
some forty years after his death, and contentious debates reign concerning their sometimes …

Despite the recent explosion of research on ancient synagogues, investigators in the field
have hitherto been forced to cull relevant evidence from a vast assortment of scholarly …

This book began as a lengthy essay, some of which was delivered at the Symposium on The
Historical Jesus' on 1 April 1999 as part of the 650th anniversary celebration of the founding …

Almost all scholars look to Acts 6: 1-8: 3 as providing the bedrock of early Christian tradition.
The incident between the Hebrews and the Hellenists are understood to reflect real …

Reviewing what we now know about actual synagogues in the land of Israel and their public
role in Jewish life and culture, Jordan J. Ryan shows that Gospel narratives placed in …

In Dead Sea Media Shem Miller offers a groundbreaking media criticism of the Dead Sea
Scrolls. Although past studies have underappreciated the crucial roles of orality and memory …

97 dissenting voices, however, have arisen to challenge this position and to assign the Pss.
Sol to the Essenes, Hasidim, or some other Jewish sectarian group. 5 Unfortunately these …

APPROPRIATING JUDEAN POST-EXILIC LITERATURE IN A POSTCOLONIAL
DISCOURSE - A CASE FOR ZIMBABWE by TEMBA RUGWIJI Submitted in acco Page 1 …

Interest in the ancient synagogue has grown dramatically over the last several decades.
Since the 1980s, more than ten monographs, over twenty volumes of studies, and hundreds …

In Luke 13: 10-17, Jesus becomes embroiled in a controversy over conflicting interpretations
of the Sabbath law in a local synagogue. Interpreters have tended to neglect the local-official …