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Springboard, Research and Atonement

Posted in Book Review, Books, Historical Jesus, Mark's Gospel, Penal Substitution, Trinity College, anglican, gospel of mark, methodology, second temple judaism on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A few years ago, as I was applying to do ordination training and a research degree at Trinity College,  I read Tom Wright’s response to ‘Pierced for our Transgressions’. In this critique, in which he described the book as sub-biblical, he lamented the fact that discussion of the atonement often bypasses the Gospels and heads [...]

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Critical Review of Pitre’s ‘Jesus, the Tribulation and the End of Exile’

Posted in Historical Jesus, Historiography, Penal Substitution, Quest for the Historical Jesus, kingdom of God, second temple judaism, tagged , , , , on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a review and critique of Brant Pitre’s ‘Jesus, the Tribulation and the End of Exile’
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

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Pitre and Second Temple Judaism

Posted in Book Review, Historical Jesus, Historiography, Meier, Penal Substitution, Quest for the Historical Jesus, methodology, tribulation, tagged , , on November 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »

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I am currently doing a thorough study of Jesus, The Tribulation and the End of Exile (JTEE)  by Brant Pitre. Here are some reflection on his work on tribulation themes within Second Temple Judaism. Any comments?
(a) Historiography and Second Temple Judaism

Due to a lack of serious scholarship in this area Pitre is to be applauded [...]

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Mark 9:30-32 The Suffering and Vindication of the ‘Son of Man’

Posted in Historical Jesus, Mark's Gospel, Penal Substitution on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 
In this post I will look at Jesus’ prediction of future death and ressurection found in Mark 9:30. This verse mentions the ’son of man’. What does this mean?
Jesus uses the phrase ’son of man’ as a self designation in all four gospels. In Mark’s gospel it appears in 13 different verses.

Mark 2:10 (ESV)
10 But [...]

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Mark 10:45: Hooker, McKnight, Wright, Penal Substitution

Posted in Historical Jesus, Mark's Gospel, N.T. Wright, Penal Substitution, Quest for the Historical Jesus, Soteriology, tagged , , on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A few months ago as part of my research I looked at the interpretation of Mark 10:45. The full document is available here in PDF format mark-10-45-swales. The study seeks to interact with the classic work by Morna Hooker Jesus and the Servant,  Scott McKnight Jesus and his Death and it of interest to those who are interested with the [...]

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