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My Comment in a BSA post titled Team Q Vs. Team Farrer was: In my opinion, to make the case Luke used Matthew and there was no single Q MS, Matthew would have had to had Mark and Matthew as he must have liked Mark’s order but not Matthew’s. So, he wove Matthew into Mark […]
Continue ReadingFrom the Case for Authenticity by IDAN DERSHOWITZ AND JAMES D. TABOR For this coauthored article at BAR, James Tabor wrote the introductory section “Dead Sea Scroll Similarities,” and Idan Dershowitz contributed the section “Genuine Manuscripts.” See pdf copy in DropBox. The following italicized paragraphs are extracts from that excellent article. I (Idan) will first […]
Continue ReadingAdditional Reading: Essay provided by John Collins as part of his course “Judaism before Jesus” is titled A LIFE-STYLE FOR DIASPORA: A STUDY OF THE TALES OF ESTHER AND DANIEL by W. LEE HUMPHREYS, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE, TENN. The PDF is in the Collins directory in Dropbox. The following is the intro paragraph. THE […]
Continue ReadingFor insights and more about the Jacob/Joseph story and the transition to Exodus see the post at this site titled Genesis 46-47: Transition to Exodus and J-E-P Components John J. Collins – Regarding Genesis saying that husbands “will rule over you.” In his interview by Darrel Lambert, Collins said in relation to Genesis 3:1-19 — […]
Continue ReadingJump to Sections not in this view Related Posts on this site: The book is named “Numbers” because the Septuagint titled it Arithmoi (“Numbers” or “Censuses”) after the censuses of the Israelites in chapters 1-4 and 26, a title that passed into Latin as Numeri and then into English, and that parallels the rabbinic name […]
Continue ReadingFrom Bart Ehrman’s Lecture Series “Finding Moses” Note in the Exodus 20 version that God saves them from slavery (grace) then provides commandments (obedience). He did not save them because they obeyed. https://biblical-studies-academy.circle.so/c/finding-moses/sections/349876/lessons/1296674 Exodus 20 This presentation of the commandments begins with God’s grace; i.e. saving them from slavery. Then the commandments of obedience follow. […]
Continue ReadingThis page is very long and contains extracts, summaries, and links by various scholars including Hendle, Ehrman, Nichols, McClelland, Baden, and Collins. Related Posts on this site: Jumps in this page: Exodus Based on the Sources by Friedman***Anachronisms in the Wilderness NarrativeChronology of the 40 Years in the Wilderness Spoiler Alert – Moses Didn’t Write […]
Continue ReadingJump to ChatGPT Outline below. Related Posts on this site: Lecture 11 in the Intro to the Old Testament by Christine Hayes at Open Yale Courses. This lecture, focusing on Moses’s final address to the Israelites and transfer of authority to Joshua, describes Moses as the paradigmatic leader of biblical tradition. The structure of Deuteronomy […]
Continue ReadingPaul’s Corinthians: Stitched Stories? | Dr. Frank Hughes. The transcript for the October 2024 video is located in Frank Hughes’ Dropbox directory. The Compressed Corinthian Correspondence: The Many Letters to Corinth Dr. Frank Hughes. October 12, 2023. Interpolations in First Corinthians: Were Paul’s Letters Altered? Dr. Frank Hughes, September 12, 2024 In The Corinthian Correspondence, […]
Continue ReadingExtracts from Bart Ehrman’s post here. I [Bart] should stress that scholars and students who question such passages are not questioning God himself. They are questioning what the Bible has to say about God. Some such scholars continue to think that the Bible is in some sense inspired—other scholars, of course, do not. But even […]
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