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Does the Quadratus fragment provide any verification for the supposed "zombie periscope" in Matthew or is it too old to be counted as testimony to this? Was Quadratus talking about people the Jesus rose from the dead while he was preaching? Is this another exaggeration by Eusibius? I hadn'...

I feel really unpopular!! Nobody wants to post on my threads!! I have the last two posts on this site!!

Hello-- I was wondering if anyone recalls reading that after the second temple was destroyed that some folks lived among the ruins. I remember reading this somewhere, but have not had luck finding anything on this. Does anybody remember who might have written about this?

The Mystery of the Temple Doors A Lecture by Rabbi Jonathan Cahn "We start in the Garden--Gen3:17-- Then to Adam He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, "you shall not eat of it". Cursed is the gro...

Hi Ficinio-- so good to hear from you old friend! I appreciate your point regarding using historical sourcing and methodology. I just get so bothered by some of these people who make assertations but when I try to research their points, I can't because they don't actually quote and fully cite their ...

I am revisiting this issue. Does anyone know of ancient stories besides the one about the Jewish temple in which doors or gates opening was a sign of impending doom? Was this a common motif?

I finally did hear back from Jacob, and basically, he told me that I would not find any good information regarding what the Avodah Zerah says about Jesus in current Talmudic works. According to him, he studied at Cambridge and he was privy to some "uncorrupted"versions of this book that ha...

I was going over this post, and wanted to pose the question-- if the Jews ever get around to building another temple, what style do you think it would be in? Would it replicate Herod's Temple, the original 2nd temple, Solomon's temple, or Ezekiel's temple? Or would it be something altogether differe...

Thanks for all of that interesting information Mr. MacSon!

Thanks for this info John2. Do you think they did all kinds of sacrifices including the Yom Kippur sacrifice?