This, along with its absence from the Septuagint, leads us to believe it to be the insertion of a Jewish scribe. On the other hand, it looks like a statement in brief of what we find expanded in Isaiah 40. and elsewhere. If brevity is to be regarded as an evidence of antiquity, ...
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What is the history of the Bible? What stories are in the Book of Genesis? What is Biblical archeology? What are the 4 gospels in the Bible? What are some of the earliest creation myths? What is the story of creation, fall, and redemption found in the Hebrew Bible? Include major event...
Pope Francis has said homosexuality is not a ‘crime’. (Alessandra Benedetti – Corbis/Corbis via Getty) As a biblical scholar, I would suggest that church leaders who use their cultures and theology to exclude homosexuals don’t read Scripture carefully. Instead, they allow their patriarchal ...
He was made in the form and shape of God. He was given a spirit (essence in form) to make the relationship possible (ibid, pp. 102-103). The biblical definition of SIN is the transgression of LAW (I John 3:4). In the spiritual sense, in connection with the gospel, the basic law...
Dawn Hill is a Christian blogger known as The Lovesick Scribe and the host of The Lovesick Scribe Podcast. She is passionate about sharing the truth and pointing others back to Jesus Christ through the written Word as the standard of authority for Christian living and instruction while being ...
But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” 1 Corinthians 1:20-25 Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? / For since in...
But the reading is so hard as to be nearly impossible. One can only suspect some tampering with the text, extreme carelessness on the part of the scribe, or possibly a recognition of the importance of not shaming one’s parent in public. (Any of these reasons is not improbable with this...
What is a Mezuzah? A hallmark of a Jewish home is the mezuzah, a small parchment scroll bearing the first two biblical verses of the Shema prayer. In Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21, God commands us, "...And you shall inscribe these words upon the doorposts of your house and upon ...
The Daniel Fast, Still Not Biblical Fasting The Daniel Fast – Useful, But Not Same as Biblical Fasting The author of the ‘Daniel Fast’ created a term by linking a name and a word from the Bible. This term, Daniel Fast, misleads readers. How? It leads them to think that a dietary...