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Monthly Archives: June 2007
The Nazoreans 5: Distinctive Features
All ancient sources are agreed that the distinctive feature that set Nazoreans apart from other Jews was their belief that Jesus was the promised Messiah. It is also beyond dispute that faithfulness to the Torah was a key concern. Beyond … Continue reading
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The Nazoreans 4: The Desposynoi
Members of the family of Jesus were prominent members of the Natzraye community. Julius Africanus preserved the Greek designation by which they were known: desposynoi, roughly “the Lord’s people.” A Semitic equivalent for this term is lost to us, but … Continue reading
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The Nazoreans 3: Early Development
What were the first Nazorean communities like? The canonical evidence suggests an unexpected diversity was already apparent within just a decade or so of the movement’s birth. In the book of Acts, we note the following early groupings within the … Continue reading
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The Nazoreans 2: Pre-Christian Origins
To discern the nature of the earliest Nazoreans it is necessary to ask about possible precursors to the Jesus movement. How is the Jesus movement situated in relation to other Jewish sects of the first century? How was Jesus (or … Continue reading
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The Nazoreans 1: Terminology
I want to take a week or so to attempt to describe the contours of the early Jesus movement. In particular, I want to explore the faith and practice of Jesus’ earliest Jewish followers and those who came after them. … Continue reading
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Baptists to the Right of Me, Baptists to the Left of Me!
I’m heading off tomorrow for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship meeting in Washington, DC. Connie and Rebecca are coming along and we’ll get to do some sightseeing before the meeting officially begins on Thursday and I’m consigned to the exhibit hall … Continue reading
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Dr. Platypus: Parental Guidance Suggested
Based on the occurrences of the words hell and breast. Who knew I was such a potty mouth!? Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend
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"We Have Prayer Police"
So says Rev. Dwight McKissic, who has now officially resigned as a trustee of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board. I wonder who’s going to tell the IMB that tongues, divine healing, and the like are actually somewhat common … Continue reading
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Liturgical Language
The Catholics are coming out with a new English translation of the liturgy. Obviously, I don’t have a dog in this fight, but I do take note of Happy Catholic’s ruminations on the difference between “efficient language” and the poetic … Continue reading
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Jesus, Hillel, Shammai, and Divorce
John Ortberg summarizes the work of Cambridge fellow David Instone-Brewer on divorce in first-century Judaism in a feature for Beliefnet.com. He raises some interesting questions about what Jesus really meant by forbidding divorce. Instone-Brewer apparently comes out about where I … Continue reading
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