Introduction This paper has three key objectives. First, to show a sensitivity to the socio-cultural setting of Corinth, the 1st century city in which the Corinth church was founded. Second, […]
In scholarship the “I am” sayings of Jesus found in the Gospel of John are quite controversial. They are as follows: • I am the Bread of Life (6:35) • […]
Elizabeth Castelli analyses the Apostle Paul on his contributions to the roles of women in the early church. As Castelli observes, if one wishes to analyze the involvement of early […]
Scholar Davina Lopez says that we live in a highly visual environment in which we are exposed to a “world of images” (Lopez, 2012: 93). Images incorporate “a series of […]
Biblical Studies, New Testament, 2017 Mark Achieved: 83% Lecturer Comment: “The student displays great insight into the topic at hand, as well as an excellent interaction with the resource material […]
According to scholars there is no doubt that the biblical authors shaped history in a creative way for their theological purposes (1). Old Testament scholar and professor Peter Enns explains that […]
Some scholars have proposed that the consensus dates for the gospels are problematic, or at least biased in some way (as we shall see). Here we zoom in a on […]
Scholar Dan Wallace notes the Gnostics agenda which was “an effort to combine Greek philosophical Neoplatonism – with its emphasis on the value of ideas and the devaluing of matter – with […]
1. The Gospels as Historical Sources for Jesus, General Reliability & Genre. Perhaps the leading, and by far most popular, skeptic and critic when it comes to contemporary Christianity is […]
The Gospels of Matthew and Luke are made up from Mark’s earlier gospel, hypothetical Q (a posited source used by both Matthew & Luke), and material unique to each gospel […]
