Apostle Peter in Late Rabbinic Judaism

I am not so concerned with how the Apostles are treated, so much so how Christ is treated in Judaism… The blog linked to below will be doing a series of posts on the Apostle Peter in Rabbinic Judaism. The first part focuses on a medieval Rabbi who believed that the Apostle wrote Nishmat prayer. […]

Posted on July 27, 2010 at 8:48 am by Polycarp · Permalink · View Comments
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Was Matthew An Evangelist to the Jews? Matthew 28.15

This is not mean to be a full-fledged post on the matter, just putting my thoughts on paper. οἱ δὲ λαβόντες τὰ ἀργύρια ἐποίησαν ὡς ἐδιδάχθησαν. καὶ διεφημίσθη ὁ λόγος οὗτος παρὰ Ἰουδαίοις μέχρι τῆς σήμερον [ἡμέρας] (Mat 28:15) Nearly all translations render that phrase as ‘among the Jews’, but ‘literally’ is reads, ‘among Jews’. Is […]

Posted on June 15, 2010 at 9:14 am by Polycarp · Permalink · View Comments
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Cornering: Does Knowing When Christianity Begin Make You a Christian?

There is a Facebook discussion going on on a page I cannot see, but this is the question sent to me from someone who can: Is the person who said this a Christian? I’m anxious to hear from all of my FB friends! “Christianity was not invented by Constantine at the council of Nicia, it […]

Posted on May 15, 2010 at 11:27 am by Polycarp · Permalink · View Comments
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Help Needed: Theories on Parting of the Ways

I need some help. Does anyone have a catalog of theories, or even their own theory on why (not necessarily when), the Parting of the Ways happened?

Posted on February 20, 2010 at 9:44 pm by Polycarp · Permalink · View Comments
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