Overview of the Epistle of Barnabas ABOUT: The Epistle of Barnabas was an early Greek text that purports to be written by Paul’s traveling and ministry companion, Barnabas. However, there are others in the early church, with the same name, that were large figures in the early church. One whom attribution has been given was … Read more
10. THE CYRUS CYLINDER Date of Artifact: 6th century BCE Location of Creation: Persia Date of Finding: 1879 Location Found: Iraq Biblical passages related: Isaiah 44:28 | Ezra 1:1-4 | 2 Chronicles | 36:22-23 | Ezra 6:4-5 | Daniel 10:1 | Daniel 6:28 The Cyrus Cylinder dates from the 6th century BCE and was discovered … Read more
What is the Didache? The Didache (Διδαχή, translit. Didakhé, lit. “Teaching”) is possibly the oldest document we have from the early church. It is believed to be teaching directly from the Apostles. The opening of the text declares that the following is “The Lord’s Teaching Through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations”. It was discovered in a … Read more
If you’ve been a fan of biblical art or art history then you have probably seen some strange images or statues of biblical characters with horns on their heads. If you have not, here are some examples. TLDR Video Summary Why Moses Has Horns Let me first state that there is no reason to believe … Read more
I initially discovered The Bible Unearthed, when searching the Ashland Seminary Library for resources that might help me with some research on Akkadian archaeology from the same time period as our OT time periods. It did not really help me that much with my research paper but the second chapter on the Exodus archaeology was so … Read more
The “Gospel of James,” can confuse a lot of people, not realizing that there is a different between the Gospel of James and the Apocalypse of James. This mistake is quite understandable but there are large differences between the two texts. The Apocalypse of James is a letter full of secrets that Jesus communicated to James; at … Read more