To submit questions about Jesus, Judaism and/or the Gospels, fill out the form below. While we promise to read all your submissions, we will only be able to respond to those that are pertinent to JP’s readers and to which we can offer an insightful response. Beneath the form are listed previous responses to questions from JP readers.
Readers’ Perspective Responses
- Why is your research focused on the Synoptic Gospels? Why leave out the Gospel of John?
- Why does Jerusalem Perspective avoid using the term “Old Testament”?
- Why does Jerusalem Perspective use the Greek name “Jesus” instead of “Y’shua” or “Yeshua”?
- Which is the most accurate English translation of the Bible?
- Which Day Is the True Sabbath: Saturday or Sunday?
- When Were the Gospels Written?
- What’s Wrong with John 21:7?
- What is your reaction to the Jesus Seminar’s work?
- What is the significance of the two Greek words for “love” in John 21:15-17?
- What is the meaning of “firstborn male” in Luke 2:23?
- What is the Jerusalem School’s hermeneutical criterion?
- What did Jesus look like?
- What are the names of the settlements of the twenty-four priestly divisions mentioned in 1 Chronicles 24?
- We Are the Pots; Jesus Is the Stone!
- The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus: Did the Rich Man End Up in Hell or Gehenna? (Luke 16:22)
- The Numbers Game: Bible Codes (Numerology and Gematria)
- The “King James Only” Debate
- Shouldn’t the word “Christ” be translated “Messiah” in our English Bibles?
- Pickled Sardine Exports
- Mendel Got It Straight!
- Matthew 24:20: Why did Jesus advise people to pray that their flight not be on the Sabbath?
- Mark’s Account of the Cleansing of the Temple: Literary Device or Historical Fact?
- Mark 15:34: Did God Forsake Jesus?
- Is there apostolic authority and authorship of New Testament Scriptures?
- Is the Search for Literary Sources of the Synoptic Gospels Futile?
- If a Jew mistreats a Jew, does that make him anti-Semitic?
- I’ve just discovered the Jewish roots of my Christian faith. What should I read to learn more?
- I have just purchased an English translation of the Mishnah. I would appreciate your advice on how to properly approach my study of it.
- I am depressed by the situation of Jewish women!
- How should Jesus’ Hebrew name be transliterated to English?
- How can I acquire a New Testament in Hebrew?
- Has a Hebrew Gospel Been Found?
- Does JP agree with Bultmann that the Gospel accounts are not historically accurate?
- Does it matter which of the Gospel writers wrote first?
- Does God Have a Gender?
- Disgusting Illustrations Distract from Worthy Content!
- Did women go through a mikveh (ritual immersion pool) after childbirth?
- Did the Father Abandon his Son on the Cross?
- Did Jews in the first century know their tribal affiliation?
- Did Jerome see the Hebrew Gospel of Matthew?
- Counting the Omer: On What Day of the Week Did Jesus Celebrate Shavuot (Pentecost)?
- Could Bethsaida Be West of the Jordan?
- Christ’s Folded Napkin (John 20:7): Is it significant that the napkin that had been around Jesus’ head when he was buried was found in the empty tomb folded?
- Call No Man “Father”
- Are you suggesting that the canon of Scripture is incomplete?
- A Divine Messiah?
- A Body, Vultures and the Son of Man (Luke 17:37)
- “The ‘Desert’ of Bethsaida”: Is Midbar Akin to Village Common?