Tag: Anti-Semitism

• Questions about Jesus (iii)

  In this series of blogs, I’ve been asking firstly why Jesus was crucified, and secondly why not his followers who, instead, were allowed to publicly proclaim him, in the very city in which he’d recently been arrested and crucified – the punishment reserved for insurrectionists against the Roman Empire. Jesus was, arguably, the wrong person,…

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  27th Aug 2022

  Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, New Testament, Religion

  Anti-Semitism, Apostle Paul, Crucifixion, Freedom fighters, God, Jerusalem, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Passover, Rebellion

• Rethinking Jesus (06) His Core Message

  According to Mark, (the earliest Gospel), after his baptism and self-questioning in the wilderness, and “after John (the Baptist) had been put into prison”, Jesus launched an evangelistic mission in Galilee, but there’s a complication here. In John’s gospel, Jesus, “in the province of Judea, spent some time with his disciples and baptised”, and, “The…

  calgacus83

  3rd Feb 2022

  Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, New Testament, Old Testament, Religion

  Anti-Semitism, Apocalypse, Christian, Church, Gospel, Jesus, John the Baptist, Kingdom of God

• The Gospels (9) ‘Causing a Stir’

  The 3rd “sign”, (in John 5), introduces us to a number of problematical issues. We’re told about a pool in Jerusalem, close to which lie “many sick, blind, lame and paralysed people”. It has a strange feature. Every now and again, for no discernible reason, “the water is stirred up”. Most modern translations omit an…

  calgacus83

  6th Oct 2021

  Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, Mythology, New Testament, Philosophy, Religion

  Angel, Anti-Semitism, God, Gospel, Jesus, Sabbatj, Sin, The Jews