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Paragraphs below were extracted from https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/didache.html. There are many extracts from other scholars at the page. Burton Mack notes two interesting features of the text of the Didache. One concerns alms, and the other concerns the Eucharist. Of the first, Mack writes (Who Wrote the New Testament?, p. 240): “There are several interesting features of […]
Continue ReadingThe scholarly methodology that led to the positing of the existence of a Deuteronomistic school is redaction criticism. Redaction criticism grew out of a weariness with source criticism and other forms of biblical criticism that fragmented the text into older sources, genres, or tradition units in order to arrive at a history of Israelite religion, […]
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Continue ReadingSimilar Posts: 2/18/2025—Below are slides and my understanding of Dr. Bart Ehrman’s view of this question derived from his one-hour lecture on BSA, “Did Jesus Think He Was God?” The audio file and slides are in the Bart Ehram large-files directory on the USB memory card. First – The Gospel According to John—written after the […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT, 3/2/2025. In Jesus’ time, a person traveling a 30-mile journey would likely walk the entire distance unless they had access to a donkey or another form of transport. Walking was the primary means of travel for most people in ancient Judea and the surrounding regions. Historical Walking Distances If someone undertook a 30-mile […]
Continue ReadingItalicized paragraphs below were extracted from Christine Elizabeth Hayes’ book Introduction to the Bible (The Open Yale Courses Series) (pp. 187-189). Yale University Press. Kindle Edition. In the book, they are one long paragraph. The layout below is my addition to assist in learning the pieces. It has often been pointed out that in the […]
Continue ReadingIn Christine Elizabeth Hayes’ book Introduction to the Bible, in the chapter about Deuteronomy, she points out instances where the writer revises the laws given in Exodus and Leviticus likely to fit his beliefs and the circumstances of his time. That is clearly evident in the revisions to how slaves and sacrifices are to be […]
Continue ReadingJoshua Replicates Moses The following paragraphs and bullet list are reformated paragraphs extracted from Christine Elizabeth Hayes’ book Introduction to the Bible (The Open Yale Courses Series) (pp. 167-168). Yale University Press. Kindle Edition. In several ways, Joshua seems to replicate Moses (Coogan, Old Testament, 199–201): All of these parallels indicate the narrative importance of […]
Continue ReadingChatGPT???? Critical Bible scholars have identified several aspects in Romans chapters 6 through 8 that they argue diverge from the teachings of Jesus: These points of contention have been discussed by scholars such as Bart D. Ehrman in “Jesus, Interrupted,” where he explores contradictions within the New Testament. Additionally, early Christian figures like Marcion of […]
Continue ReadingRomans 13:1-4 (NRSV) – “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good […]
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