Roger David Aus: 4 books
Feeding the Five Thousand
Studies in the Judaic Background of Mark 6:30-44 par. and John 6:1-15
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The story of Jesus feeding the five thousand is found in all four Gospels, and is told in two of them twice. Roger David Aus primarily explores the many facets of early Palestinian Judaism which inform the story, especially in regard to the miracle-worker Elisha. He describes four major motifs in...
Simon Peter's Denial and Jesus' Commissioning Him as His Successor in John 21:15-19
Studies in Their Judaic Background
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
This study uses early Jewish sources to analyze the significance of Day of Atonement and High Priest imagery in the narrative of Simon Peter’s threefold denial of Jesus. It then describes the influence of other early Jewish sources on Jesus’ commissioning his main disciple Simon Peter as his own...
Two Puzzling Baptisms
First Corinthians 10:1-5 and 15:29
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
How could the Apostle Paul maintain in his first letter to the Christians in Corinth that all their ancestors were baptized into Moses at the Red Sea / exodus event (10:2), and how could he tolerate some of them having themselves baptized again on behalf of the dead (15:29)? Answers to these puzzling...
by Roger David Aus
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
These five essays deal with the influence of Judaic haggadah or lore, especially in the form of “creative historiography” or “imaginative dramatization,” on four enigmatic passages in the Gospels, and one in Acts. They point to their deeper theological truths and negate the alternatives of true or false, historical or non-historical, usually applied to the narratives.