Reynolds, Gabriel Said. “Biblical Background.” InThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qurʾān. 2d ed. Edited by Andrew Rippin and Jawid Mojaddedi, 303–319. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2017. DOI:10.1002/9781118964873.ch19 Concise overview of biblical material in the Qurʾan, primarily divi...
This, the probable meaning of our term, suits very well with the idea of divination, though it ill accords with the A.V., which, in all the eight passages in Daniel where it is found, renders it astrologers. Divination by the stars is not implied in the original. The Sept. in every...
The formula of baptism, Mt 28:19, and other similar texts, such as 2Co 13:14, where Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are mentioned in distinction (ver. 35), may now be used in proof of the personality of the Holy Spirit, since the other texts upon which the meaning of these depends ...
Bible translators stand at the intersection of the biblical world and their own, with the task of communicating an ancient text in a contemporary language. The Greek translator of Isaiah provides interesting examples of the issues and problems this task presents. For instance, he sometimes substitute...
” In 1999 , Dr. Michael Molnar , a Christian astronomer, published “The Star of Bethlehem – The Legacy of the Magi.” H is findings included the meaning behind the “Ram and Star” coins from Antioch along with the most likely “ heavenly alignment” constituting the “Star of Bethlehem...
• Long before any humans were supposed to be on this continent, unknown hands removed millions of pounds of copper from mines near Lake Superior. • Giant people as tall as 12 feet were buried in Arizona, Nevada and the Midwest. ...
Those of modern nations, e.g. the English and Germahs, have also their meaning, but it is more difficult to discover, as these languages do not preserve the roots in so pure a form as Oriental tongues. In early times they were conferred (by the mother, as Ge 4:1,25; Ge 19:37 ...
In the acceptance of the literal meaning, it is not easy to say how much difficulty is involved. With our scanty knowledge of what is really meant by "dying of old age," with the certainty that very great effects are produced on the duration of life, both of men and animals, by even...