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Nazareth Then and Now
Ancient Nazareth lacked the critical advantages for its development as a significant settlement: abundant water supply, an elevated site for defensive purposes, and strategic location adjacent to a major highway. The most comprehensive recent study of the archeology of ancient Nazareth and its local region was completed by Ken Dark over several seasons between 2004…
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The oldest hatred
Presentation to a panel discussion sponsored by the Jewish Council of Australia at St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane on Monday, 29 September 2025. The topic of the event was: Should anti-Semitism be exceptionalised or should we combat all forms of racism together? Co-hosts for the event included: Doykeit (a local Jewish group in Brisbane), St John’s…
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Salah al-Din coins at Bethsaida
Some news about the two Islamic coins recovered from Area T at Bethsaida in 2012. Yesterday I met with Ariel Berman in Kiryat Tivon. He had identified the two coins found in Area T during the 2012 season at Bethsaida (et-Tel). The first of those (IAA 138739, Basket 31013) is a coin from Al-Nasir Yusuf…
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First Sunday of Advent (1 December 2013)
Contents 1 Lectionary 2 Beginning the Year of Matthew 2.1 Common Synoptic Outline 2.2 Materials unique to Matthew 3 Jesus Database 4 Liturgies and Prayers 4.1 Music Suggestions Lectionary Isaiah 2:1-5 & Psalm 122 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 Beginning the Year of Matthew This Sunday marks the transition to Year A of the three year…
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Does the Bible have a future?
Thursday, 21 November, 0900–1030 Text for an introductory presentation to a panel at the Ninth International Sabeel Conference, Jerusalem on Thursday,21 November 2013. [video] The conference organisers indicated as follows: This panel discussion arises out of the following critical awareness: Since the Bible has been used to support highly destructive moments of human history such…
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Last Sunday after Pentecost (Reign of Christ) (24 November 2013)
Contents 1 Lectionary 2 Jesus Crucified 2.1 Mark 15:22-38 = Matt 27:33-51a = Luke 23:32-46 2.2 Luke’s account of the death of the noble King 3 Jesus Database 4 Liturgies and Prayers 4.1 Music Suggestions Lectionary Jeremiah 23:1-6 & Luke 1:68-79 Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43 Jesus Crucified There were almost 100 Seminar ballots on issues…
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Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost (17 November 2013)
Contents 1 Lectionary 2 Good news for this side of death 3 Gospel: Jesus and the Temple 4 Jesus Database 5 Liturgies and Prayers 5.1 Music Suggestions Lectionary Isaiah 65:17-25 & Isaiah 12 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19 Good news for this side of death The oracles in the final few chapters of Isaiah are…
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Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost (10 November 2013)
Contents 1 Lectionary 2 Introduction: The Sadducees 3 The NT and the Sadducees 4 Flavius Josephus 4.1 Life 4.2 Wars of the Jews 4.3 Antiquities of the Jews 5 The Historian and the Sadducees 6 Jesus and the afterlife 6.1 Items listed by literary type 6.2 Items listed by attestation and date 7 Jesus Database…
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