Why was Judas called 'Iscariot'? Scholars don’t know for sure, but the name “Iscariot” may imply that Judas was part of the Jewish resistance against the Roman Empire. Almost all of the Jews in Palestine in Jesus’ time despised the Romans. They wanted to get rid of them, to be…
How was Paul a Roman? Like many in the Roman Empire, Paul had dual citizenship. He was both a citizen of the Jewish nation of Israel and a citizen of the Roman Empire. Roman citizenship was endowed in at least three ways. First, a person could be a native Roman…
Is the Book of Daniel a book of folk tales? The genre of Daniel is prophecy. But as with any book, there are sub genres. None of them is a folk tale. There are historical accounts of Daniel’s three friends and himself standing up to the Babylonian regime while in…
Is the Bible the biggest book in the world? I don’t understand what you mean by “biggest.” It is not the longest book in the world. But if you are talking about the Bible being the most important book in the world, you’re right on. The Bible is big in…