Category Archives: Lee Harmon

Parousia at the Cross

Posted on January 21, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

Something that I read in a New Testament class one time was that the Gospel of John does not have a scene of darkness at Jesus’ crucifixion, unlike the synoptics, for John wanted to present the crucifixion as a time … Continue reading →

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Lazarus and Osiris?

Posted on January 18, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

For my write-up today on Lee Harmon’s John’s Gospel: The Way It Happened, I’ll comment on Lee’s comparison of Jesus’ resurrection of Lazarus in John 11 with the ancient Egyptian story of Osiris.  In John 11, Lazarus has two sisters … Continue reading →

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The True Murderer, and John’s Interaction with the Hebrew Bible

Posted on January 17, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In John 8:44, Jesus says to his Jewish opponents, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there … Continue reading →

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Jesus and Elisha Disregard the Firstfruits Law? Esther Violates the Passover?

Posted on January 15, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In my latest reading of John’s Gospel: The Way It Happened, Lee Harmon makes an interesting point about the story of Jesus multiplying the loaves and the fishes in John 6.  According to Lee, Jesus and the people were eating … Continue reading →

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John and Realized Eschatology

Posted on January 14, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

For my write-up today on Lee Harmon’s John’s Gospel: The Way It Happened, I’ll use as my starting-point something that I wrote in a post a while back, when I was blogging through volume 4 of John Meier’s A Marginal … Continue reading →

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Who Was Nicodemus?

Posted on January 11, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In my latest reading of Lee Harmon’s John’s Gospel: The Way It Happened, I learned about the view that the Nicodemus of John’s Gospel appears in Josephus and the Talmud.  Lee refers to Josephus’ Jewish War 2.451, Babylonian Talmud Taanit … Continue reading →

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What Kind of Lamb, and How Will He Remove Sin?

Posted on January 9, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In John 1:29, John the Baptist says that Jesus is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.  (I draw here from the KJV.)  This passage has long puzzled me.  Did John the Baptist believe that … Continue reading →

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Starting John’s Gospel: The Way It Happened

Posted on January 8, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I started Lee Harmon’s John’s Gospel: The Way It Happened.  I’d like to thank Lee for sending me my Advanced Reader Copy. This book is a sequel to another book that Lee wrote, Revelation: The Way It Happened.  I have … Continue reading →

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The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

Posted on November 16, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

I missed last week’s Bible study at my church because I was sick, but I got to attend last night, and I also had an opportunity to read the transcript for last week’s DVD presentation that the group watched. Essentially, … Continue reading →

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