Strange woman“harlot” is biblical, since Coverdale (1535); there the word translates two Hebrew words both meaning “not one’s own” woman. To make strange“seem to be surprised or shocked” is from mid-15c. The surname Lestrange is attested from late 12c. Related: Strangely; strangeness...
[6] Terms in the ancient Near Eastern texts that scholars such as Driver, Wolff and Albright took to denote sacred prostitution or prostitutes, were misunderstood. Likewise, biblical kadesh/kedeshah is, allegedly, nothing but a quotidian zonah. But I cannot pretend to find all the challengers...
This text flashes new light on this whole topic. Don’t miss it. One group gets the mark of the beastin their foreheadswhile the other group has the name of God writtenin their foreheads. Does Revelation mean to imply that the 144,000 will have visible words written on their skin abov...
clean-living people that devote their lives to serving Jehovah in the manner prescribed by Watchtower, through regular preaching and meeting attendance. Being a Jehovah's Witness does not create the same level of problems for society that certain ...