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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Murphy-O’Connor-the problem of Paul as persecutor
I am continuing to read Jerome Murphy-O’Connor’s Paul: A Critical Life. Paul says that he persecuted the church. The author of Luke/Acts goes into considerable detail about this. Luke’s account includes Paul’s presence at the stoning of Stephen, the implication … Continue reading
Murphy-O’Connor-Paul, the Pharisee
“As to the Law, a Pharisee” is the way Paul characterized himself in Philippians 3:5. Luke has further statements about Paul’s pharisaism. Paul studied in Jerusalem under the famous teacher Gamaliel I, a Pharisee (Acts 22:3). Luke’s Paul even claims … Continue reading
Murphy-O’Connor-Tarsus
Murphy-O’Connor has a detailed chapter in Paul, a Critical Life about Paul’s youth in Tarsus. It is true that it is Acts, not the letters, that speak of Tarsus. However, Paul is clearly a diaspora Jew and his statement in … Continue reading
Murphy-O’Connor-Claudius and Gallio
When Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, in Paul: A Critical Life, deals with the various known political figures in Acts, he discriminates between those that are well attested and those where Luke has a general idea but is just guessing at the details. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible
Tagged Claudius, Gallio, Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, Jerusalem Conference, Luke-Acts
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Murphy-O’Connor-bedrock dates for Paul’s life
Today I begin to report on my new reading project, Jerome Murphy-O’Connor’s Paul: A Critical Life. Early in the book he develops his chronology of Paul the Apostles’ life. I had read Robert Jewett’s A Chronology of Paul’s Life and … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Paul
Tagged Aretas, Emperor Caligula, Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, Robert Jewett
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Hebron, Jerusalem and the United Kingdom
Beginning next week I am going to turn my attention to the New Testament for a while. But before I do, I want to make a final note regarding what I have read and thought about over the last few … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel
Tagged Hebron, Jacob L. Wright, Jerusalem, Kenneth Kitchen, Pharoah Shoshenq I, the united kingdom
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A bit of a ramble about chronological order in the Bible
Any time you tell a story, you need to put it in some kind of order. My bias is to use chronological order. But I recently saw the movie Arrival where the challenge is to communicate with alien beings who … Continue reading
Sparks and the age of the Song of Deborah
Beginning in April of 2005 I blogged for several weeks about Kenton Sparks’ book, God’s Word in Human Words. Sparks has now made available on the Internet his paper “Religion, Identity and the Origins of Ancient Israel”, which was originally … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Israel
Tagged David Noel Freedman, David Steinberg, Kenton Sparks, origins of Israel, Sisera, Song of Deborah
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Eclipse hysteria touches the Bible
The Kansas City Star anticipating the solar eclipse on August 21, which will be total here, published an article with this headline: “Was Jesus crucified during a solar eclipse? NASA shows one occurred in 33 A.D”. This caught my attention … Continue reading