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From Claude.ai Walking with God in the Hebrew Bible Here are the key verses from the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) that specifically refer to “walking with God”: Genesis 5:22-24 “Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred […]
Continue ReadingExtracts from Hugo Mendez’s Lesson 23, In Paul’s Name, II: More Disputed Letters (…and Hebrews ?) of his course titled The New Testament: Exploring the Christian Bible, a BSA course. All of the texts expressly claim “Paul” as their author. Nevertheless, the letters feel different from Paul in some ways. How Many Authors? Scholars make […]
Continue ReadingExtracts below are from https://historyofchristiantheology.com/commentary/period-i-early-and-medieval-church/nicene-creed The Platonist Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria, a contemporary of Jesus, emphasized an allegoric approach to interpret scripture. This method was adopted by many early Christian fathers. Indeed, Augustine was converted to Christianity when Ambrose introduced him to this technique to help Augustine overcome his objections to many Old Testament stories and rituals. The Alexandrian school became the center […]
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