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Bert Gary

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in Atlanta, Georgia, The United States

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http://bertgary.blogspot.com/

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Religion & Spirituality, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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In writing? Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, Robert Capon, Fred Craddoc ...more

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Bert Gary is a pastor, chaplain, writer, and lecturer. He has taught regularly in Israel since 1994, presently on the faculty of the Society for Biblical Studies. He has also taught in Jordan, Turkey, and Greece. For eleven years he directed and taught in two United Methodist graduate programs for local pastors for the Jerusalem Institute for Biblical Exploration (formerly the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies) and for Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He has degrees in theology, psychology, and music from Emory.

Bert has over 30 years of experience in ordained ministry, and lives in Atlanta, GA. He has three children ages 32, 30, and 26---Martha, Will, and Anna.

Among Bert’s other passions are archaeology, ornithology, and ...more

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The Two Crucified with Jesus

TWO PRELIMINARY POINTS

1. Usual Word for Thieves: kleptia

The literal word for thief in the New Testament is kle,pthj kleptes {klep'-tace}; it's the root of the English work kleptomaniac. This word refers to one who sneaks in or steals stuff or cheats people out of stuff without using violence. Think of embezzlers, scammers, shoplifters, pickpockets, and cat burglars. Here is an examp