Jesus and his disciples offered simple healing and exorcism services. They thus occupied a distinctive position in Greco-Roman ritual-service markets. … Read the post Jesus & disciples: new competition in ancient service markets
For believers, no communications media is more important than that connecting God with humans. Jews and Christians for more than 1500 years read the same sacred scripture, the Tanakh/the Old Testament, in the same language, Greek. Jews and Christians lived in close geographic proximity while interpreting the sacred text rather differently. They both engaged in … Continue reading Hebrew scripture in Greek: sharing communications media
Only societal catastrophe in Jerusalem would raise the value of ordinary men in the eyes of elite, highly privileged women. … Read the post raising ordinary men’s social value in ancient Jerusalem
Jesus’s putting down the Canaanite woman as being like a dog can be interpreted as a parody of righteous persons’ typical behavior toward lesser others. … Read the post divine playfulness in Jesus’s interaction with the Canaanite woman