The Hermeneutic of Inversion
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The Two Pauls: Similarities and Differences
The case for a composite Paul doesn’t need to lean on speculation to hold its weight. What it actually rests on is something more straightforward than the Herodian kinship material traced in the earlier chapters, though that material still matters… Continue reading
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My Kinsman: The People Around Paul and What Their Names Reveal
Romans 16 might be the most neglected chapter in Paul’s most studied letter. Fifteen chapters of dense theological argument end in a list of greetings, twenty-seven names packed into twenty-three verses, and most readers treat it the way you’d treat… Continue reading
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Did Paul in His Seven Letters Call Peter “Peter”?
The answer is almost certainly no. Across the seven undisputed letters, Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, Philemon, Paul refers to the Jerusalem figure he met, argued with, and named as one of the pillars of the… Continue reading
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The Theology of Paul and Its Jewish Roots: Where Does He Actually Belong?
Paul was a Pharisee by training — but his theology shares more with the Essenes of Qumran than with any other Jewish faction. A systematic mapping of where Paul actually stands in the landscape of first-century Judaism. Continue reading
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Paul, In His Own Words: The Story Without Acts or the Gospels
What does Paul’s story look like when told only from his own letters — no Acts, no Gospels, no later tradition? A man, writing under oath, describing himself in his own words. Continue reading
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When the New Testament Was Written: A Chronological Background
A chronological guide to when the New Testament was actually written — from Paul’s earliest letters in 49 CE to the late Gospels and disputed epistles — and why the sequence changes how we read the texts. Continue reading
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What the Gospels Know That Paul Does Not Say – Part 3
The Gospels are full of material Paul never mentions — the birth, the baptism, the parables, Gethsemane, Pilate. A systematic comparison of what the earliest Christian writer leaves out. Continue reading
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The Lukan Paul: What Acts Claims That Paul Never Did – Part 2
Acts of the Apostles gives Paul a hometown, a teacher, Roman citizenship, and miracles he never mentions in his own letters. A close reading of what Luke adds and what the texts reveal. Continue reading
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What Paul Actually Said – Part 1
What do Paul’s seven authentic letters actually tell us about Jesus, the church, and early Christian belief — and what is strikingly, structurally absent from all of them? Continue reading
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What the Place Is Called Now
When a place is renamed, the new name reaches backward and covers everyone who ever belonged to it. Lapulapu became Filipino the same way Jesus became Palestinian — by the logic of how place-names actually work. Continue reading
