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Adam as Spirit, Then Flesh: An Original Reading of Genesis 1–3
A textual study of Genesis 1–3 arguing that Adam is created as spirit, later embodied, and sustained by access to the Tree of Life.
A People Set Apart: The Textual Case That Yahweh Came for Israel Alone
A textual study of Yahweh's covenantal address, election, and relationship to Israel compared with his treatment of other nations.
Jesus Death Saved No One: A Legal and Textual Reckoning
A legal and textual examination of the Christian claim that Jesus's death atoned for sin, tested against Jewish law and the Gospel record.
Jesus at War With Yahweh: The Six-Point Campaign Against the Temple Hierarchy
A Gospel-based study tracing six ways Jesus dismantles the Temple system's architecture of distance and mediation.
Jesus and Abba: The Challenge to Temple Authority
A textual study of Jesus's use of Abba, the Jewish prayer architecture it bypassed, and the institutional authority that architecture protected.
Was Jesus an Apocalyptic Preacher? A Behavioral Test
A behavioral and textual test of the scholarly claim that Jesus expected an imminent apocalypse.
The Ghost in the Text: Why the Holy Spirit Reads Like a Later Insertion in John
A textual study of the Holy Spirit passages in John's Gospel and the later doctrinal framework read back into them.
Outside the Veil: Paul's Church, Jesus's Prayer, and the Question of Whose Name Was in the Holy of Holies
A textual study comparing Paul's institutional theology with the Gospel pattern of where Jesus taught, worshipped, and prayed.
Unless You Become Like a Child: What the Sayings Say, What the Church Made of Them, and What Else Is on the Table
A textual and historical examination of Jesus's child sayings, their first-century setting, and the church's traditional interpretation of them.
Baptism Reexamined: How the Church Turned a Ritual of Purification into a Humiliation Ritual for Admission
A textual and historical examination of infant baptism, the origins of baptism, and the distinction between ritual admission and spiritual rebirth.
Satan Does Not Exist: How a Title Became a Person
A historical study of how the Hebrew word satan developed from a title or function into the later Christian figure of Satan.
A Personal Relationship With Jesus: What the Texts Actually Say vs. What Got Built Later
A textual and historical examination of the evangelical phrase "personal relationship with Jesus" and the Gospel language that preceded it.
Christianity: Judaism’s Poor Imitation
A comparative study of Jewish institutions and the Christian beliefs and practices that echo, relocate, or replace them.
Mary: How Catholic Veneration Developed, and What Jesus Himself Said
A historical and Gospel-based examination of Catholic veneration of Mary and the words attributed to Jesus about her.
Pascal's Wager vs The Monarc Wager
An examination of Pascal's Wager and an alternative grounded in action, works, and the standard Jesus gives for judgment.
The Greek Path: A Traceable Chain in John's Gospel
A grammatical study tracing the sequence from hearing and trusting through following, doing, remaining, and life.