I’ve been reading the very interesting and stimulating In Quest of the Historical Pharisees, a collection of essays (written for this book) edited by Jacob Neusner and Bruce Chilton.1 Questing for the historical Pharisees is an enterprise even more fraught than questing for Jesus, and the evidence more slender. This book seeks to bring [...]
Questing for the Pharisees: a review
September 16th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Historiography, New Testament, Other Faiths
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Not an unforgiveable sin (art. XVI)
September 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment · 39 Articles, Anglican
(This post is part of a series on the 39 articles of the Church of England)
I have often been surprised at the number of people who worry that they have committed the “sin against the Holy Spirit”: a term which has stuck in their mind as a particular category of sin. I’m not sure whether [...]
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