The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun. William Blake - 1805 The quotes contained in this post are taken directly from the groundbreaking work by NT Wright and Mike Bird, "The New Testament In Its World," published by Zondervan and SPCK. INTRODUCTIONRevelation is a strange book, nearly as strange as some… Continue reading Revelation – The New Testament In Its World – Wright and Bird
“God is Love" on Newcastle Beach 6 August 2011
Fisherman's boat on the lake, Tiberias, Holy Land, (i.e., Israel)Date between 1890 and 1900 Simon bar-Jonah was one of the front rank of leaders in the early church. Jesus nicknamed him ‘rock’ (Aramaic Kêpā; Greek transliteration Cēphas; Greek translation Petros), from which we get the name ‘Peter’. Simon Peter was a fisherman from Bethsaida whom… Continue reading The Letters of Peter – The New Testament In Its World – Notes
The James Ossuary - The inscription on the ossuary reads, “Jacob [James], son of Joseph, brother of Yeshu’a All of the information in this post is taken directly from "The New Testament In Its World," Zondervan Press, Authors NT Wright and Mike Bird. James and Jude are first mentioned as Jesus’ brothers when members of… Continue reading LETTERS OF JESUS’S BROTHERS – JAMES AND JUDE
P.Oxy X 1229, excerpt, James 1.15–18Courtesy of The Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The New Testament can be divided up into three main sections. First, there is the evangelium, the four canonical gospels. Second, there is the Paulinium, the thirteen letters attributed to Paul, plus the epistle to the Hebrews (which sounded sufficiently… Continue reading The New Testament In Its World – NT Wright and Mike Bird – Early Christian Letters & Hebrews
