November 19, 2008 – 12:11 pm
Gamaliel the Elder (or Rabbi Gamaliel I) was indeed the grandson of Hillel. He is in the “House of Hillel” tradition which tends to be less rigourous than the “House of Shammai”. It would, therefore, be the traditions of Hillel in which Paul was schooled.
Not a lot is known about Gamaliel’s distinctive teachings.
November 13, 2008 – 11:05 am
The Roman Empire is clearly an important background to not only the New Testament but also Early Christianity. Google Earth have added a new Ancient Rome layer, and it’s good!
Go find out more by looking here and here.
November 7, 2008 – 11:44 am
Start at the top and work your way down…
November 7, 2008 – 10:56 am
The Jewish Roman World of Jesus is a site maintained by James Tabor which looks at the backgrounds to the Judaism(s) which provide the context to the gospels and the New Testament writings in general. Worth a click.
November 6, 2008 – 11:42 am
For Dan:
You can find out more about the Jesus Seminar on their site and there is a site dedicated to the output of N T Wright called, unsurprisingly, the N T Wright Page. For more on Marcus Borg visit A Portrait of Jesus.
The ‘morphing’ Jesus is here.
October 23, 2008 – 11:15 am
“Abandon hope, all ye who enter here”. This famous phrase is written above the gate of Hell in a 14th century poem by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. The poem is called the Divine Comedy and Hell is known as Dante’s Inferno.
The warning is well made, for beyond it is a panoply of horror - [...]
October 17, 2008 – 7:24 pm
Some sources to help you get your head around these two schools of thought:
Two ‘Schools’: Alexandria and Antioch
The Christological Controversy Area
Athanasius: on the incarnation
October 16, 2008 – 8:50 am
They should be winging their way to you soon, but in the meantime here are the lecture notes on Matthew.
October 16, 2008 – 8:44 am
The books I mentioned yesterday on Teresa/John of the Cross were:
Merton, Thomas (1976) Ascent to Truth (Continuum)
Williams, Rowan (2003) Teresa of Avila (Continuum)
For more on Roman attitudes towards Christians try the superb:
Wilkin, Robert L (2003) The Christians as the Romans Saw Them (Yale)
On the early church generally, Wilken has written the equally good: The Spirit [...]
