The Jewish War Series (Part 4: Cestius’ Attack and Inexplicable Retreat)
Cestius Marches Upon Jerusalem Cestius’ march into Judea was swift and brutal: Antipatris, to Lydda, and soon outside the walls of Jerusalem. Once there, Cestiu...
Category: Biblical Studies
The Jewish War Series (Part 3: Chaos Erupts Throughout the Region; General Cestius Makes a Move in Galilee)
The news of the uprising in Jerusalem quickly spread like wildfire throughout the region, and soon people throughout the entire province of Judea retaliated aga...
The Jewish War Series (Part 2: The Bloody Deeds of Menahem the Zealot)
Agrippa’s Soldiers Arrive in Jerusalem; the Festival of Xylophory As soon as Agrippa’s soldiers arrived in Jerusalem, it became clear that regaining control of ...
The Jewish War Series (Part 1: The Beginning of the Revolt)
Throughout the rest of this year, I have determined to write my own, more simplified version of Josephus’ account of the Jewish Revolt of AD 66-70. As men...
Biblical Studies/Creation Evolution Debate/Ken Ham/Social and Cultural Issues/The New Atheist Movement
A Female Rabbi, Eve, and Ken Ham Walk into a Bar…What Could Go Wrong?
Over the past few months, thousands of women throughout the United States have courageously come forward and told their own stories about sexual harassment. Thi...
Why is the Bible So Badly Written? (Part 2): The Destructive Effects of Fundamentalism
In yesterday’s post I wrote about the article by Valerie Tarico entitled “Why is the Bible So Badly Written?” that was taken down by Salon.com because it had go...
Why is the Bible So Badly Written? …Wait, What??? (Part 1)
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine messaged me on Facebook, “Did you catch the Salon article on the Bible, before it got pulled?” I said, “No, what did it say?”...
Jesus and the Olivet Discourse: The Son of Man Coming on the Clouds of Heaven (it doesn’t mean what you think it means) (Part 5: The Jewish War Series)
“And then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four ...
Jesus and the Olivet Discourse: The Abomination of Desolation…and other Cosmic Stuff (Part 4: The Jewish War Series)
A week before he was arrested by the Sanhedrin and then crucified under Pontius Pilate, Jesus of Nazareth rode into the Jerusalem on a donkey, being hailed by m...
Jesus and the Olivet Discourse (The Sign of Christ’s ‘Coming,’ False Messiahs, Wars, Famines, and Tribulation (Part 3: The Jewish War Series)
Unfortunately, we in 21st century America are not too well-versed in the history of the entire New Testament era. Consequently, we do not fully realize the impa...