What is the writer’s intent and use of significant women characters within the Gospel of John? The fourth Gospel provides multiple interactions that Jesus had with women while giving the reader an understanding of Jesus’ relationships with a marginalized group within this culture and time: […]
Over the course of the last two centuries, more and more scholars have come to recognize trauma as an intrinsic part of the human existence. Although readers in modern times are far removed from the people in biblical stories and the situational experiences of the […]
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Is Jesus the new Moses? More specifically, how is Jesus portrayed as the new Moses in the Gospel of Matthew? Many scholars generally agree that the Gospel of Matthew links Jesus and Moses together in several different ways, and that Matthew may have written his […]
The New Testament is filled to the brim with new information accounts following the life of Jesus. When talking about his life and what the world was like at the time, nothing is more influential or informative than the parables we see throughout each of […]
Mary Magdalene: Visionary or Drama Queen? Introduction In the canonical Biblical works, a woman is elected by God to report to the disciples that Jesus has fled his tomb. A contemporary reader may wonder; does the ancient reputation of “unreliable women” serve to […]
What does Paul have to say about slavery? By Will Johansen By the early second century, Christianity had spread across the Mediterranean: to most of Asia Minor, to Upper Mesopotamia, northern Africa and to modern-day Greece and Italy. Around the same time, the Roman […]
Does God reveal Himself through dreams? Does God communicate something throughout dreams? Why do people dream about God? What do dreams have to do with the New Testament? In history, many people have confirmed that they have been dreaming about God and that God sends […]
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How vital were women in the early church, and how did the roles and influence of women evolve? The role of women in the early Christian Church is a topic that has been debated for centuries. While evidence suggests that women played an essential role […]
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Imagine- you pick up two Bibles. One is called the King James Bible. The other is titled the New King James Bible. “Who is this ‘New’ King James,” you wonder. How did these Bible come to be? Are they in any way connected? Is one […]
When reading Luke 15, any reader most likely encountered the parable of the Prodigal Son slightly differently. Unlike many of the other stories and parables in the New Testament, the initial meaning of this story is hard to trace as the morality of the two […]
When approaching the New Testament for the first time, an interested reader might think about the necessity of having multiple accounts of Jesus’ life. They might ask themselves why one unified narrative is insufficient. What does each Gospel add to the overarching narrative of Jesus’ […]
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Jesus the Confusing Poet by Alejandro Aponte Jr. The New Testament offers a rich tapestry of teachings attributed to Jesus Christ, and among these teachings are Jesus’ parables. A parable is a metaphor or simile made from nature or common life that would usually leave […]
Introduction I will use this blog as an opportunity to dive into a couple of specific interpersonal interactions Jesus had with members of several outcast groups in ancient antiquity. These interactions, which take place predominantly in the Book of Luke, allow us to better understand […]
The Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are the first four books in the New Testament. They detail the miraculous ministry and subsequent resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, who is the central figure in Christianity. When the Gospels were written, some forty to seventy years […]
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The Babylonian Exile was a period between 597 and 539 BCE in which the Babylonian Empire conquered ancient Israel, destroyed the Jewish temple, and forced much of the Jewish population into captivity within Babylon. As you can imagine, this traumatic event was a total disaster […]
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When studying a text, readers tend to have a certain angle on the reading as well as a specific goal to find the information they are looking for. For gospels, there are many methods that one can use to approach and analyze a text. Some […]
–Andrew Brady, November 2, 2023 Introduction If I turned in this blog post on a legal pad in red ink with my handwriting, it would be much less fun to read. Format matters. Spiral notebooks are easier to write in and rip pages from than […]