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Was Jesus a Qumranite?
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Ben Witherington
Lands of the Bible 2010– Inside The Cave Churches
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Ben Witherington
One of the more fascinating aspects of Capadoccia is of course the cave churches, and when I say cave churches, you should not think primitive. I mean elaborately carved, painted, decorated churches in caves. This practice of course began when the church had to go underground quite literally due to persecution but it continued thereafter…
Lands of the Bible 2010-Aspendos
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Ben Witherington
Certainly one of the most spectacular Roman theaters in Turkey is at Aspendos, not least because the vast majority of it has been preserved or restored and one gets such a clear image of such a gargantuan place. Here Greek and Roman comedies and tragedies would have been regular fare, and near here, at Perge,…
How Influenced was Jesus by his Context? Was he a Peasant?
By
Ben Witherington
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