Thursday, January 29, 2026

Sanhedrin 89b and Satan Tempting Abraham: A Talmudic Parallel to the Temptation in the Wilderness

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   קְדָמוֹ שָׂטָן לַדֶּרֶךְ. אָמַר לוֹ: ״הֲנִסָּה דָבָר אֵלֶיךָ תִּלְאֶה... הִנֵּה יִסַּרְתָּ רַבִּים וְיָדַיִם רָפוֹת תְּחַזֵּק. כּוֹשֵׁל...

Deuteronomy Rabbah 11.5: A Rabbinic Parallel to the Temptation in the Wilderness

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In Deuteronomy Rabbah 11.5 , Moses is portrayed as having a triple dialogue with an angel concerning his death. This would be interpreted by...

Graham Twelftree and Ernest Lohmeyer on the Temptation in the Wilderness

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   Mark’s very brief account gives no details of the temptation (Mk 1:12–13), while Matthew’s and Luke’s stories are in the form of a long...

Philip W. Comfort and Roger L. Omanson on the Text of James 2:19

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   James 2:19   NU       εἷς ἐστιν ὁ θεός “God is one” 𝔓 74 א A rsv nrsv esv nasb nltmg nab hcsb net   variant 1/WH  ε...

Text of the King Follett Discourse in The Zion's Watchman of April 12, 1855 (LDS Periodical in Sydney, Austrlia)

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I recently downloaded all the issues of his publication (from 1853 to 1856), so hope to read them in full soon. Until then, I came across th...

"Ananus, the son of Ananus" in Josephus, Jewish Wars and Patristic/Patronymic Names

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Context: winter of 67 AD and the Jewish War:   The leading figure in the moderate government had been Ananus son of Ananus, a former Hig...

J. Warren Smith on Tertullian's Theology of Baptism

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   Tertullian: Baptism as Spiritual Healing Tertullian, writing a generation after Justin, shares with him the view of baptism as the sou...