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Get Ready for Passover by Making Some Mudbricks

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Next week we’ll be beginning Lent, which looks forward to the Passover/Resurrection Day. Passover, of course, is the celebration of God’s redemption of Israel from slavery in Egypt. I think I’ve found the perfect activity for the season–making mudbricks like the ancient Israelites did in Egypt! Today Biblical Archaeology Review gave instructions on how to […]

Top 10 Articles of 2013

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Here they are! The top ten new articles of 2013 on Our Rabbi Jesus… 10. The Reality of Disciples and Rabbis – How did discipleship work in the first century? A look at the system of rabbinic education as Jesus knew it. 9. Be a Bridge, Not an Island – Many Christians who discover their […]

The Chinese “Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus” has been Published

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I received news a couple days ago that Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus has been released in Traditional Chinese. (Click on the front cover to see the full dust jacket.) You might think that publishers automatically translate their books into other major languages, but that’s not generally true. Zondervan published a Spanish version […]

Wow, I met the Swedish Jesus Today…

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If you’ve ever heard me speak, you know that I usually start with the famous painting by Warner Sallman of called “The Head of Christ” that has hung in my family’s home since the 1950’s. As much as I’ve loved this image of Jesus, I joke around about the fact that with his blue eyes […]

Speaking this Fall in Michigan, Ohio, Connecticut & Minnesota

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I just updated my calendar with my speaking plans for the final months of 2013, and I hope you can join me. I’ll be speaking in… Muskegon, Michigan: A day-seminar at Forest Park Church on Saturday, October 19 Dayton, Ohio: Haverim School seminar for the Center for Judaic-Christian Studies on Saturday, November 2 Uncasville, Connecticut: […]

The Reality of Disciples and Rabbis

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I recently was asked about how disciples studied with rabbis. What age were disciples, and did they pay the rabbi a fee to study? How did they support themselves at the same time? Did the rabbis work at some craft to support themselves? (They were not like rabbis of today, which like pastors are to […]

The Gospels in First Century Judea – Conference Aug 29, 2013

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Update: A few months ago I told you about the program on Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins at Nyack College in New York City.  I mentioned that they will be hosting an Inaugural Conference on August 29, 2013. The conference, entitled “The Gospels in First Century Judea” looks very good. Some outstanding Christian and Jewish […]