Jesus teaches that defilement comes not from what we eat, but from what we say. This paper explores the power of words and ...

Finally, Jesus summarized the entire Torah in two commandments: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind” and “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37–40). These two ...

The conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees mainly concerned the additions to the written law. In Matthew 12:1, the Pharisees accused the disciples of breaking the Sabbath because they took ears ...

There were several competing Jewish sects at the time of Jesus’ life. The most prominent and influential, the Pharisees, further integrated the concept of resurrection into Jewish thought.

In Matthew for instance, there are the "Woes on the Pharisees," whereas at the same time we have statements about Jesus coming to fulfill the law. So there seems to be a debate between Matthew and ...

By R.A. Mathews Airports with their long lines, longer concourses, and even longer wait times are not for me. I prefer ...

For the next several years, we will be having various 250th anniversaries related to the birth of our country through the ...

Some of the most famous beats of Jesus’ story — overturning the money changers tables in the Temple courtyard, criticizing the Pharisees’ Jewish practices, invalidating religious law — set ...

“Jesus Christ Superstar” has risen on the Asolo Rep stage. After a gestation as a 1970 concept album, Andrew Lloyd Webber and ...

Mary Magdalene’s house is just over the wall, as is Matthew’s place, both of them a stone’s throw from the temple where Jesus condemned the Pharisees. The majestic swell of Mount Tabor lies ...

This is particularly well done in the scene where Jesus calls his disciples to become ... Seeing this on screen hammers the point home — the Pharisees are depicted as one-dimensionally ...