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Contradictions in the Bible – Identified verse by verse and explained using the most up-to-date scholarly information about the Bible, its texts, and the men who wrote them — by Dr. Steven DiMattei Below was extracted from Bart Ehrman’s post here. Three Different 10 Commandments
Continue ReadingExtracts from Christine Elizabeth Hayes’ book Introduction to the Bible (The Open Yale Courses Series) (pp. 269-270). Yale University Press. Kindle Edition. The book of Isaiah is the longest prophetic book, and the interpretation of many passages as symbolic references to Jesus makes it one of the books of the Bible most quoted by Christians. […]
Continue ReadingThe text of the Ten Commandments was dynamic in ancient Israel and appears in three markedly distinct versions in the Bible:[1] at Exodus 20:2–17, Deuteronomy 5:6–21, and the “Ritual Decalogue” of Exodus 34:11–26. From Wikipedia. Note that each one is from a different source based on the JEPD view. For an in-depth presentation at the Torah.com go to The Origins of […]
Continue ReadingThe info below was extracted from Wikipedia on 9/9/2024. Suggested locations of the Sermon Traditionally, the Mount of Beatitudes has been commemorated as the physical site at which the sermon took place. Other locations, such as Mount Arbel and the Horns of Hattin, have also been suggested as possibilities. The Mount of Beatitudes The Mount of Beatitudes (Hebrew: הר האושר, Har HaOsher) is a hill […]
Continue ReadingThis page provides links to articles and extracts. “Lost Gospels”—Lost No More by Tony Burke published at BAR. See extracts below. The final shape of the canon was seemingly settled by 367 C.E. when Athanasius of Alexandria issued his annual letter for Easter. This 39th Festal Letter lists the 27 books of the New Testament as […]
Continue ReadingLost in Translation: The Redeemer in the Book of Job is NOT Jesus! The content of the handout he reads from is below. Job 19:23: “Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! 24 Oh thatwith an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever! […]
Continue ReadingLost in Translation: Are Human Beings Hopelessly Depraved? Tabor from the video’s description – A Single verse of the Bible–Jeremiah 17:9, has been mistranslated and misapplied to millions over the past two thousand years to imply that humanity is hopelessly lost in sin, desperately wicked–and that means EVERYONE, even those who are living a righteous life. […]
Continue ReadingSee the Blue Letter Bible page here. “God knows us by our name, shouldn’t we know Him by His?” The Names of God in the Old Testament From the BlueLetterBiblMicahe.org The information below relates to the names used for God as presented here. YHWH: Meaning and Etymology of the Tetragrammaton written by Joshua Schachterle, Ph.D Extract […]
Continue ReadingLink to a paper about the creed the author believes is embedded in 1 Cor 15:1-11, https://carm.org/evidence-and-answers/an-analysis-of-the-pre-pauline-creed-in-1-corinthians-151-11/ Creeds, Confessions and Catechisms
Continue ReadingExtract Bart provided here from his NT Textbook. The Gospel of Mark – AT A GLANCE The Genius of Mark – Bart Ehrman’s Course Below is part of the transcript of the end of Lesson 4 of Bart Ehrman’s The Genius of Mark course at BSA. The transcripts are in his directory in DropBox. Dr. […]
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