Tag Archives: Jesus

The Location of the Nail-Prints in Jesus Hands? A Discussion at Cambridge University

By David Larsen | Published: May 27, 2010
The question and its answer were posted by Rob Bradshaw on his blog biblicalstudiesorguk.blogspot.com. My thanks to Jeff Bradshaw (no relation, as far as I know) for bringing this post to my attention. Where were the nail-prints in Jesus’ hands – in his wrists or his palms? This question was raised last Saturday during a [...]
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Answers to Questions Regarding Heavenly Ascent in Early Jewish and Early Christian Literature

By David Larsen | Published: May 11, 2010
This post comprises some very interesting questions posed to me by a new reader of this blog, Steve Bastasch, regarding the development of the “heavenly ascent” theme in early Christian thought and writings and their Jewish background. My answer to these questions follows. ————————————————————————— Steve: I’m new to your Heavenly Ascents blog – it looks [...]
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New Margaret Barker Temple Themes Video

By David Larsen | Published: April 14, 2010
Check out my latest video, “Jesus, Yahweh and the Temple, Part II”, continuing my analysis of Margaret Barker’s book, Temple Themes in Christian Worship. This video analyzes Barker’s views on the early Christian identification of Jesus as Yahweh (Jehovah), the God of the Old Testament. The early Christians worshiped God Most High, or God the [...]
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New Video: Jesus, Yahweh, and the Temple

By David Larsen | Published: April 6, 2010
I have just posted the following video on YouTube: To see the original Heavenly Ascents post on which this video is based, see here. If you have not yet visited my new YouTube channel, check it out here.
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Jesus, Yahweh, and the Temple: Part II

By David Larsen | Published: June 18, 2008
Representing the Heavenly on Earth: The Temple We now look at the Temple, the place where Heaven is represented on Earth. Eusebius knew that Moses had built the Tabernacle as an imitation of the visions he had be given on Sinai (Exod 25:8, 40): And Moses himself, having first been thought worthy to view the [...]
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