I'd suggest Gore Vidal, Creation, if only because it suggests that the Persians were more civilized than the Greeks. It is a mixture of fact and fiction, of...
I don't believe the Jairus's daughter story is historical in the sense that we could identify an incident that triggered it. It's not an untypical kind of...
Just pulled a copy off the shelf. It's a collection of republished (but sometimes revised) articles with an introduction on ideological writing and reading....
BAR on the Ossuary: I used to think that Shanks was indeed concerned about his reputation among scholars. And maybe he was. Then I realized he despised them...
Philip, Thanks - that's a good idea. I was thinking more along the lines of an abridged, popular version of Herodotus (parallel to several "popularizations" of...
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So...perhaps then....it's....not???....a....hoax??? J.Calandrino ... From: Jim West <jwest@...> To: biblical-studies@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 31 Mar...
... From what I've read, it sounds like there were few other options for burial in the immediate vicinity of Jerusalem, since the bedrock was so close to the...
I recently spent a couple of hours in the British Museum admiring their Assyrian collection. I took a bunch of detailed photos and have since discovered that I...
All, Yep, we did it again! Our editors scoured the earth looking for the latest and greatest titles to advance the study of the ancient Near East and biblical...
... Replace the word 'rogue' with 'greedy' and you'll have it. -- ++++++ Jim West, ThD http://jwest.wordpress.com -- Blog http://drjewest.googlepages.com -...
They're your photos- I'd say you can do what you like with them. ... -- ++++++ Jim West, ThD http://jwest.wordpress.com -- Blog http://drjewest.googlepages.com...
I have a friend here in the Philippines who is interested in doing Messianic Studies toward a degree – studies from a Messianic Jew prespective. Does ...
... Philip, What is really wrong with the analysis of the meaning of this sealing off of the monument (mnemeion) with a stone "rolled" before "the door" as...
Friends: Can anyone point me to a considered critique of the so-called New Chronology proposed by David Rohl? His work has been cited by a student following...
I am reasonably certain the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago offers a course specifically on Messianism from a Jewish perspective. The course is B5005,...
... I believe the point is that crucifixion *could* have taken days, but it also *could* have taken a mere few hours. There are many variables to consider:...
Lectured Tuesday at Baylor. http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=50176 -- ++++++ Jim West, ThD http://jwest.wordpress.com -- Blog ...
Maybe this link is hacked. Niels Peter Lemche ... Fra: biblical-studies@yahoogroups.com [mailto:biblical-studies@yahoogroups.com] På vegne af Jim West Sendt:...
*Following is an interview with Ben Witherington- the whole of which can be read here: * * * *http://www.midbible.ac.uk/content/view/130/ * * * * * *Before we...
According to the Witherington interview: '...but let me say why this is such an important issue. The James Ossuary is an indirect testimony to the resurrection...
... The problem is the utter circularity of it all. The empty tomb proves the resurrection which proves the empty tomb and now toss in an ossuary which...
I didn't read the Witherington interview to say that the ossuary "proves" the resurrection. "Evidence for" and "proof of" are very different. And who argues...
I just don't understand how anyone can say "All who have examined the inscription found it to be genuine." There are many today who say the "brother of Jesus" ...
