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The italicized text below was extracted from Wiesel’s articles at BAR. Go to those articles using the links in the titles below. Elie Wiesel is a world-renowned author, Nobel laureate and frequent Bible Review contributor. He is most well known for his writing of his Holocaust experiences in Night (1960). Korah This is not the first time that the people, […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingContradictions 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 ReadingAs a supplement to the below, see the post at this site titled: Is Jeremiah a compilation of multiple speeches? Extracts from Some More of the OT Apocrypha: the Letter of Jeremiah, Additions to Daniel, and 1 Maccabees – Bart Ehrman The Letter of Jeremiah This is one of the shortest books of Apocrypha—it is only […]
Continue ReadingPsalm 82 (NESV) – A Plea for Justice A Psalm of Asaph. 1 God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:2 ‘How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah3 Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.4 Rescue […]
Continue ReadingThe Minor Prophets (in alphabetical order) are Amos, Habakkuk, Haggai, Hosea, Joel, Jonah, Malachi, Micah, Nahum, Obadiah, Zechariah, and Zephaniah. Timeline of Minor Prophets The Decline of the Neo-Assyrian Empire by BAR The 12 Minor Prophets by Brittannica Who Were the Minor Prophets? The Book of Malachi – Paragraphs below are from Britannica.com The book […]
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Continue ReadingLilith in the Bible and Mythology – Connections between Lilith, Adam’s first wife, and Jadis, the White Witch of Narnia Lilith – Seductress, heroine or murderer?
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