by Encounters in Archaeology | Feb 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
How did Jesus announce the Kingdom of God? After his wilderness experience of the temptations, Jesus returned to Galilee. He began to teach in the synagogues and was developing a favorable reputation. (Luke 4:14-15) Then he went to Nazareth. Nazareth was a daughter...
by Encounters in Archaeology | Feb 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
We have talked about the environment of the first century when Jesus was was teaching. The concept of Messiah as a military conqueror or a king who would rule with power and control was prevalent. John the Baptist, preaching about preparing for the Messiah, was well...
by Encounters in Archaeology | Jan 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last time we gave a brief history of the Qumran community and the priests of the temple in order to understand the environment of Jesus’ time. The notion of the Kingdom of God to the religious Jews to whom Jesus ministered was military. The Essenes believed...
by Encounters in Archaeology | Jan 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
There was no time of greater Messianic speculation in any period of Judaism than between 63 BCE and 70 CE. We know this from the written materials found at Qumran. Jews were anticipating God’s kingdom would come quickly. First we will look at the expectations...
by Encounters in Archaeology | Dec 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
For most of us in the West, memory is simply a visualization of something, it is rather abstract and conceptual; it might be fleeting or come and go. But for the ancient mind, memory was a thing of active participation. The customs and religious traditions are...
by Encounters in Archaeology | Dec 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
On the slopes above the Sea of Galilee the disciples ask Jesus, “Teach us to pray as John taught his disciples to pray,” and so we have the Lords Prayer which we say so often, sometimes without even thinking. In Matthew and Mark it was on the hills above...
