circumcisionsoteriologyChristCyril of Alexandria was a prolific biblical commentator who underscored the meaning and relevance of the Old Testament for Christian theology by employing a typological method of interpretation. His exegetical concern was to demonstrate that everything associated with the old ...
Abarim Publications' ever expanding online Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament comprises 588 articles that discuss the meaning and relationships of thousands of Hebrew words. Our dictionary is not organized according to alphabet but rather according to similarity of form. For instance: we list ...
the saintly doctor recognized no other formal canon of the Old Testament than the Hebrew one; but also, faithful to the same tradition, he practically admitted the deutero books to a Scriptural dignity, as is evident
This eBook was produced by Anne Folland, Tiffany Vergon, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT By JOHN EDGAR McFADYEN, M.A. (Glas.) B.A. (Oxon.) _Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis,
A term meaning "of the second canon"; designates writings included in the Catholic Old Testament but not in the Hebrew Bible. These Scriptures are Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach or Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, and parts of Esther and Daniel. Deuterocanonical A combination of ...
theologians in the world truly know who Jesus is, and most pastors and priests memorize the Old Testament like robots at the wailing wall. It is true that, like the superstitious priests, they are reciting vaguely without knowing the meaning. ...
kenegdo. Often translated as “suitable helper”, this phrase inGenesis 2:18is one of the oldest sources of diminishment for women. Citing the original Hebrew meaning of the words and noting other instances whereezeris used in the Old Testament, James offered another translation;strong warrior....
whatever purpose circumcision was seen to serve—and theremusthave been one originally—it’s left unstated, perhaps because the author himself didn’t know, inasmuch as he was a functionary and not a formulator of policy, without any direct insight into the reasoning underlying the regulations ...
Anderson New TestamentSo, then, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.Godbey New TestamentSo if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, they have become new....
“A few Gnostic scholars have gone so far as to assert that these recently discovered writings are the authentic history of Jesus instead of the New Testament . . . “Their name comes from the Greek word gnosis, meaning “knowledge.” These people thought they had secret, special knowledge ...