Is A Donkey Suitable For The Messiah?
In many languages, the word “donkey” (or its older form “ass”) is commonly used to refer to a fool, a person who is so stubborn that their very intelligence is called into question. For example,…
The Holy Land Studies Blog
This is a wonderful blog. It is accurate with respect to the Jewish Studies and sympathetic both to self-identified Jews and Christians. I highly recommend it.
– Prof. Daniel Boyarin, Professor of Talmudic Culture, University of California at Berkeley
Herod’s Temple Mount
Is this the Site of the Expulsion of the Money Changers? King Herod the Great, who ruled the Land of Israel as a client of the Romans from 37-4 BCE, was among the…
Why The Valley Of Elah?
Among the many stories of warfare that are described in the Hebrew Bible, perhaps the most famous is the epic battle between David and Goliath (1 Samuel chapter 17). David, still a shepherd boy living in…
Did The Face Of Moses Have Horns?
Michelangelo’s famous sculpture of Moses – exhibited in the Church of St Peter in Chains in Rome – is one of the most celebrated pieces of High Renaissance art. It depicts a seated Moses…
The Gates Of The Sheep And Lion
The Gospel of John, contrary to the Synoptic Gospels, describes several visits by Jesus to Jerusalem prior to his final visit on the Passover of 30 CE. According to chapter 5 of…
