Daily Archives: January 23, 2012

Not Stupid, but Learning

I don’t like it when people call me or other people “stupid” for not knowing something.  I mean, unless people calling others “stupid” had all knowledge inside of the womb or from birth, then there was a point in time … Continue reading

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Cynic Jesus? Aramaic Original? Sabbath for the (Jewish) Man? Penalty for Helping?

I have four items for my write-up today on Ben Witherington III’s Jesus the Sage: 1.  A question that Witherington addresses is whether or not Jesus was influenced by the Cynics.  There are issues that are relevant to this, such … Continue reading

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