A Virtual File Cabinet for Our Studies of Christian Origins & Hebraic Faith
This page is a work in progress, citing scripture that is translated in multiple ways, where both cannot be true. Does God Hate Divorce or the Man? See God on Divorce (Malachi 2:16) – Marg Mows posted a concise article (with the same title as this post) with the correct interpretation of Malachi 2:16. Extracts […]
Continue ReadingMarg Mows posted a concise article (with the same title as this post) with the correct interpretation of Malachi 2:16. An extract is below. Until today, I understood Malachi 2:16a as saying, “’For I hate divorce,’ says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘and him who covers his garment with wrong,’ says the LORD of hosts” (NASB). […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 1/31/2026. For related posts on this site see: Core difference in one sentence Wycliffe translated the Bible into English from Latin; Tyndale translated it into English directly from Hebrew and Greek. That single fact explains most of the differences. John Wycliffe (c. 1380s) Source texts Language and style Purpose and audience Ecclesiastical […]
Continue ReadingExtracts from James or Jacob in the Bible? Giving Jacob his due by Mark Wilson, published in BAS on January 29, 2026 So how did the Jewish name Ya’akov become so Gentilized as James? Since the 13th century, the form of the Latin name Iacomus began its use in English. In the 14th century, John Wycliffe made the […]
Continue ReadingExtracts from the PDF version of the article in Tamas Visi’s directory in Dropbox titled The Chronology of John the Baptist and the Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth: A New Approach by Tamás Visi of the Kurt and Ursula Schubert Centre for Jewish Studies, Palacký University, Olomouc; Thomas-Institute, University of Cologne. 1 The Date of […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 1/29/2026, based on the prompt: Provide an accessible summary of Hegel’s theory and how F.C. Baur movement used Hegel and spawned the Markan Hypothesis. This is my first introduction to these scholars and how their work leads to significantly advanced understandings. Below that response is a second that relates how Papias and […]
Continue ReadingThis post is an intro to a very good article at BAS titled Machaerus: Where Salome Danced and John the Baptist Was Beheaded by Győző Vörös. A PDF copy is in his directory in Dropbox. [Pronunciation with my amateurish phonics: mac-ear-us.] Other elated articles are: Győző Vörös, who has a Ph.D. in architecture, has directed the Machaerus […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains thoughts and insights contained in the original post (linked below) by Shaun Wheeler. The base subject is, in my words, what authority does the bible have if it is not seen as fully dictated by God and applicable for eternity. Here is the link to the very enlightening thread. What remains of […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 1/27/2026. Below is the expanded comparison table, with an added column indicating the day on which each event occurs. Where the second creation account has no day structure, this is stated explicitly. Category Genesis 1:1–2:4a (First Creation Account) Day (Gen 1) Genesis 2:4b–3:24 (Second Creation Account) Day (Gen 2–3) Common scholarly label […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains a Claude.ai’s summary of my transcript of the video lecture of John Dominic Crossan’s presented in a video on YouTube that is the same name as this post and is here. Crossan related the evolution of Herod the Great to his son Herod Antipas, who wanted Emperor Tiberius to make him the […]
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