Secular Bible Study

Covered verses: Luke 4:16-30Bibliography: The Synopsis of the Four Gospels by The American Bible Society·        Ehrman, Bart: “Misquoting Jesus” & Podcast, bartehrman.com (blog), lectures. Over 30 published books·        Crossan, John: Favorites are “God and Empire” and “Render unto Caesar.” Over 70 published books·        Pagels, Elaine: Favorites are Beyond Belief and The Gnostic Gospels. Over 10 published books·        Fuller, Tripp: Homebrewed Christianity Podcast·        Jenkins, Philip: “Jesus Wars.”·        Niehoff, Maren: “Philo of Alexandria, an Intellectual Biography”·        Spong, John Shelby: “The Fourth Gospel.”·        Fredriksen, Paula: “Ancient Christianities”·        Markos, Louis: “From Plato to Christ”·        Trigg, Joseph: “Origen”·        Wise Bauer, Susan: “The History of…” (Series)·        Barber, Elizabeth: “When They Severed Earth from Sky.”·        Cline, Eric: “1177 BC” and “After 1177 BC”·        Silberman and Finkelstein: “The Bible Unearthed”·        Duncan, Mike: History of Rome Podcast, “The Storm Before the Storm.”·        Carlin, Dan: Hardcore History Podcast, “The End is Always Near.”·        Ben-Ephraim, Shaiel: The History of the Land of Israel Podcast·        Brad Onishi and Dan Miller: Straight White American Jesus Podcast·        Other texts: The Book of Jubilees, The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, Gabriel’s Revelation Questions or comments? Email: AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com

5.02 Journey and Ministry Point #1 – 1:50: Why did Jesus leave for Galilee?Point #2 – 7:20: Repent! Point #3 – 14:20: The Kingdom of God has come near to you  Bibliography: The Synopsis of the Four Gospels by The American Bible Society·        Ehrman, Bart: “Misquoting Jesus” & Podcast, bartehrman.com (blog), lectures. Over 30 published books·        Crossan, John: Favorites are “God and Empire” and “Render unto Caesar.” Over 70 published books·        Pagels, Elaine: Favorites are Beyond Belief and The Gnostic Gospels. Over 10 published books·        Fuller, Tripp: Homebrewed Christianity Podcast·        Jenkins, Philip: “Jesus Wars.”·        Niehoff, Maren: “Philo of Alexandria, an Intellectual Biography”·        Spong, John Shelby: “The Fourth Gospel.”·        Fredriksen, Paula: “Ancient Christianities”·        Markos, Louis: “From Plato to Christ”·        Trigg, Joseph: “Origen”·        Wise Bauer, Susan: “The History of…” (Series)·        Barber, Elizabeth: “When They Severed Earth from Sky.”·        Cline, Eric: “1177 BC” and “After 1177 BC”·        Silberman and Finkelstein: “The Bible Unearthed”·        Duncan, Mike: History of Rome Podcast, “The Storm Before the Storm.”·        Carlin, Dan: Hardcore History Podcast, “The End is Always Near.”·        Ben-Ephraim, Shaiel: The History of the Land of Israel Podcast·        Brad Onishi and Dan Miller: Straight White American Jesus Podcast·        Other texts: The Book of Jubilees, The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, Gabriel’s Revelation Questions or comments? Email: AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com

Point #1 – 0:27: I AM HE Point #2 – 7:20: They were amazed that Jesus spoke with a woman Point #3 – 14:33: See a man who told me all the things I have done Point #4 – 18:18: Food to eat, and the harvest Point #5 – 22:53: He stayed with the Samaritans for two days Point #6 – 27:21: Jesus departs for Galilee  Bibliography: The Synopsis of the Four Gospels by The American Bible Society·        Ehrman, Bart: “Misquoting Jesus” & Podcast, bartehrman.com (blog), lectures. Over 30 published books·        Crossan, John: Favorites are “God and Empire” and “Render unto Caesar.” Over 70 published books·        Pagels, Elaine: Favorites are Beyond Belief and The Gnostic Gospels. Over 10 published books·        Fuller, Tripp: Homebrewed Christianity Podcast·        Jenkins, Philip: “Jesus Wars”·        Niehoff, Maren: “Philo of Alexandria, an Intellectual Biography”·        Spong, John Shelby: “The Fourth Gospel”·        Fredriksen, Paula: “Ancient Christianities”·        Markos, Louis: “From Plato to Christ”·        Trigg, Joseph: “Origen”·        Wise Bauer, Susan: “The History of…” (Series)·        Barber, Elizabeth: “When They Severed Earth from Sky”·        Cline, Eric: “1177 BC” and “After 1177 BC”·        Silberman and Finkelstein: “The Bible Unearthed”·        Duncan, Mike: History of Rome Podcast, “The Storm Before the Storm”·        Carlin, Dan: Hardcore History Podcast, “The End is Always Near”·        Ben-Ephraim, Shaiel: The History of the Land of Israel Podcast·        Brad Onishi and Dan Miller: Straight White American Jesus Podcast·        Other texts: The Book of Jubilees, The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, Gabriel’s Revelation Questions or comments? Email: AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com

Point #1 – 2:59: An extremely brief and woefully inadequate history of Jewish-Samaritan relations Point #2 – 7:10: The Samaritans in the other gospelsPoint #3 – 10:35: Meeting at a wellPoint #4 – 14:12: Who was the Samaritan Woman?Point #5 – 19:54: The disciples went to buy foodPoint #6 – 21:39: Jacob’s Ladder vs Jacob’s Well Bibliography: The Synopsis of the Four Gospels by The American Bible Society·        Ehrman, Bart: “Misquoting Jesus” & Podcast, bartehrman.com (blog), lectures. Over 30 published books·        Crossan, John: Favorites are “God and Empire” and “Render unto Caesar.” Over 70 published books·        Pagels, Elaine: Favorites are Beyond Belief and The Gnostic Gospels. Over 10 published books·        Fuller, Tripp: Homebrewed Christianity Podcast·        Jenkins, Philip: “Jesus Wars”·        Niehoff, Maren: “Philo of Alexandria, an Intellectual Biography”·        Spong, John Shelby: “The Fourth Gospel”·        Fredriksen, Paula: “Ancient Christianities”·        Markos, Louis: “From Plato to Christ”·        Trigg, Joseph: “Origen”·        Wise Bauer, Susan: “The History of…” (Series)·        Barber, Elizabeth: “When They Severed Earth from Sky”·        Cline, Eric: “1177 BC” and “After 1177 BC”·        Silberman and Finkelstein: “The Bible Unearthed”·        Duncan, Mike: History of Rome Podcast, “The Storm Before the Storm”·        Carlin, Dan: Hardcore History Podcast, “The End is Always Near”·        Ben-Ephraim, Shaiel: The History of the Land of Israel Podcast·        Brad Onishi and Dan Miller: Straight White American Jesus Podcast·        Other texts: The Book of Jubilees, The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, Gabriel’s Revelation Questions or comments? Email: AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com

Point #6 – 0:50: The parcel of land Jacob gave to Joseph Point #7 – 7:57: And Jacob’s Well was there  Point #8 – 10:11: The sixth hour  Bibliography: The Synopsis of the Four Gospels by The American Bible Society·        Ehrman, Bart: “Misquoting Jesus” & Podcast, bartehrman.com (blog), lectures. Over 30 published books·        Crossan, John: Favorites are “God and Empire” and “Render unto Caesar.” Over 70 published books·        Pagels, Elaine: Favorites are Beyond Belief and The Gnostic Gospels. Over 10 published books·        Fuller, Tripp: Homebrewed Christianity Podcast·        Jenkins, Philip: “Jesus Wars”·        Niehoff, Maren: “Philo of Alexandria, an Intellectual Biography”·        Spong, John Shelby: “The Fourth Gospel”·        Fredriksen, Paula: “Ancient Christianities”·        Markos, Louis: “From Plato to Christ”·        Trigg, Joseph: “Origen”·        Wise Bauer, Susan: “The History of…” (Series)·        Barber, Elizabeth: “When They Severed Earth from Sky”·        Cline, Eric: “1177 BC” and “After 1177 BC”·        Silberman and Finkelstein: “The Bible Unearthed”·        Duncan, Mike: History of Rome Podcast, “The Storm Before the Storm”·        Carlin, Dan: Hardcore History Podcast, “The End is Always Near”·        Ben-Ephraim, Shaiel: The History of the Land of Israel Podcast·        Brad Onishi and Dan Miller: Straight White American Jesus Podcast·        Other texts: The Book of Jubilees, The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, Gabriel’s Revelation Questions or comments? Email: AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com

Point #1 – 1:07: The Pharisees Point #2 – 5:51: His disciples were baptizing Point #3 – 8:10: He went away again to Galilee Point #4 – 10:53: Sychar Point #5 – 16:20: Does Jesus get tired?  Bibliography: The Synopsis of the Four Gospels by The American Bible Society·        Ehrman, Bart: “Misquoting Jesus” & Podcast, bartehrman.com (blog), lectures. Over 30 published books·        Crossan, John: Favorites are “God and Empire” and “Render unto Caesar.” Over 70 published books·        Pagels, Elaine: Favorites are Beyond Belief and The Gnostic Gospels. Over 10 published books·        Fuller, Tripp: Homebrewed Christianity Podcast·        Jenkins, Philip: “Jesus Wars”·        Niehoff, Maren: “Philo of Alexandria, an Intellectual Biography”·        Spong, John Shelby: “The Fourth Gospel”·        Fredriksen, Paula: “Ancient Christianities”·        Markos, Louis: “From Plato to Christ”·        Trigg, Joseph: “Origen”·        Wise Bauer, Susan: “The History of…” (Series)·        Barber, Elizabeth: “When They Severed Earth from Sky”·        Cline, Eric: “1177 BC” and “After 1177 BC”·        Silberman and Finkelstein: “The Bible Unearthed”·        Duncan, Mike: History of Rome Podcast, “The Storm Before the Storm”·        Carlin, Dan: Hardcore History Podcast, “The End is Always Near”·        Ben-Ephraim, Shaiel: The History of the Land of Israel Podcast·        Brad Onishi and Dan Miller: Straight White American Jesus Podcast·        Other texts: The Book of Jubilees, The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, Gabriel’s Revelation Questions or comments? Email: AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com

Point #1 – 2:15: Jesus’ disciples go to Judea and baptizePoint #2 – 4:45: John is baptizing in Aenon, near SalimPoint #3 – 12:22: Before John the Baptist’s imprisonmentPoint #4 – 14:58: A matter of dispute about purificationPoint #5 – 17:44: John says he is not the MessiahPoint #6 – 23:15: No one accepts His testimonyPoint #7 – 25:40: Followers of John the Baptist in the Synoptic Gospels Bibliography: The Synopsis of the Four Gospels by The American Bible Society·        Ehrman, Bart: “Misquoting Jesus” & Podcast, bartehrman.com (blog), lectures. Over 30 published books·        Crossan, John: Favorites are “God and Empire” and “Render unto Caesar.” Over 70 published books·        Pagels, Elaine: Favorites are Beyond Belief and The Gnostic Gospels. Over 10 published books·        Fuller, Tripp: Homebrewed Christianity Podcast·        Jenkins, Philip: “Jesus Wars”·        Niehoff, Maren: “Philo of Alexandria, an Intellectual Biography”·        Spong, John Shelby: “The Fourth Gospel”·        Fredriksen, Paula: “Ancient Christianities”·        Markos, Louis: “From Plato to Christ”·        Trigg, Joseph: “Origen”·        Wise Bauer, Susan: “The History of…” (Series)·        Barber, Elizabeth: “When They Severed Earth from Sky”·        Cline, Eric: “1177 BC” and “After 1177 BC”·        Silberman and Finkelstein: “The Bible Unearthed”·        Duncan, Mike: History of Rome Podcast, “The Storm Before the Storm”·        Carlin, Dan: Hardcore History Podcast, “The End is Always Near”·        Ben-Ephraim, Shaiel: The History of the Land of Israel Podcast·        Brad Onishi and Dan Miller: Straight White American Jesus Podcast·        Other texts: The Book of Jubilees, The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, Gabriel’s Revelation Questions or comments? Email: AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com

Point #1 – 1:55: Jesus Makes a Scene at the TemplePoint #2 – 6:01: Cattle, Sheep, and Doves… oh my!Point #3 – 11;33: Money Changers and Tyrian CoinsPoint #4 – 14:41: Expelling Demons, Expelling MerchantsPoint #5 – 18:23: Den of Robbers or a Market? Point #6 – 22:29: Zeal for Your House Will Consume MePoint #7 – 25:19: 46 Years to Build, 3 Days to Raise it Up AgainPoint #8 – 28:21: Who Believed in His Name? Why Didn’t He Trust Them? Bibliography: The Synopsis of the Four Gospels by The American Bible Society·        Ehrman, Bart: “Misquoting Jesus” & Podcast, bartehrman.com (blog), lectures. Over 30 published books·        Crossan, John: Favorites are “God and Empire” and “Render unto Caesar.” Over 70 published books·        Pagels, Elaine: Favorites are Beyond Belief and The Gnostic Gospels. Over 10 published books·        Fuller, Tripp: Homebrewed Christianity Podcast·        Jenkins, Philip: “Jesus Wars”·        Niehoff, Maren: “Philo of Alexandria, an Intellectual Biography”·        Fredriksen, Paula: “Ancient Christianities”·        Markos, Louis: “From Plato to Christ”·        Trigg, Joseph: “Origen”·        Wise Bauer, Susan: “The History of…” (Series)·        Barber, Elizabeth: “When They Severed Earth from Sky”·        Cline, Eric: “1177 BC” and “After 1177 BC”·        Silberman and Finkelstein: “The Bible Unearthed”·        Duncan, Mike: History of Rome Podcast, “The Storm Before the Storm”·        Carlin, Dan: Hardcore History Podcast, “The End is Always Near”·        Ben-Ephraim, Shaiel: The History of the Land of Israel Podcast·        Brad Onishi and Dan Miller: Straight White American Jesus Podcast·        Other texts: The Book of Jubilees, The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, Gabriel’s Revelation Questions or comments? Email: AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com