Questions about the resolution of (apparent) contradictions in the Biblical texts.
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How did the proverb about Saul and the prophets come about?
I asked a previous question about Saul and the prophets in 1st Samuel 10:9-13, but now I've read on and I see an alternate origin story:
David made good his escape, and he came to Samuel at Ramah ...
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Pi in the Bible [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does 1st Kings say that pi = 3?
This is a standard question often asked about the accuracy of the Bible.
And he [Hiram] made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one ...
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Apparent inconsistencies in the vision of the four chariots
In Zechariah's vision of four chariots in chapter 6 of his book, an angel tells him that the chariots are going to go to the "four winds of heaven," (verse 5)—in every direction. However, in verse 6, ...
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Who was Moses supposed to say sent him, “Ehieh” or “Yahweh”
Continuing the response to the meta call for contradiction.
In Exodus 4:13-14, Moses is talking to God:
And Moses said to God, "Here I come to the sons of Israel, and I told them, the God of your ...
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How does the rule of non-contradiction differ between Greek logic and Biblical Hermeneutics?
The rule of non-contradiction is key to Greek logic. The Socratic method often walks through a binary tree of false dilemmas [1] until a conclusion is reached.
In Hermeneutics contradiction seems to ...
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Is Jesus equal to or less than the Father [closed]
Joh 10:30 I and my Father are one.
Joh 14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again
unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto
the Father: ...
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What is Leviticus 13:55 all about?
Continuing the response to the meta call for contradiction.
Here is Leviticus 13:55 in context:
And he burned the cloth or the warp or the woof, of wool or of linen, or any of the leather ...
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Why is Beer-Sheva' called Beer-Sheva'?
There is a place in Israel called Be-er-Sheva', which is given two different stories to justify the name. The word Be-er means well, as in a well of water, and the word Sheva means "seven" or more ...
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Why does Moses grill leavened bread on Yahweh's altar?
Continuing the response to the meta call for contradiction.
In Exodus 34:25 we read this injunction:
You will not slaughter the blood of my altar on leavened bread ...
This injunction is ...
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Was Abiathar the son of Ahimelech or was Ahimelech the son of Abiathar? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Was Abiathar the son of Ahimelech or was Ahimelech the son of Abiathar?
According to the following three verses, Abiathar was the son of Ahimelech:
1 Samuel 22:20.
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Why is Joseph taken to prison, and yet still seems to be with Potiphar?
This is a response to the meta call for contradictions.
In Genesis 39, there is a fantastically vivid story of Potiphar's wife seducing Joseph, or rather, attempting to. The result is that Joseph is ...
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Does a leper have yellow hair or black hair?
This is a response to the meta call for contradictions. I got plenty of these that nobody else notices.
And a man or woman that will have an affliction in him, in the head or in the beard. And the ...
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Why is a singular verb used to describe both Moses and Aaron?
Continuing the response to the meta call for contradiction.
The following contradiction is invisible in English. It appears in the Hebrew of Exodus 4:29.
וַיֵּלֶךְ מֹשֶׁה, וְאַהֲרֹן; ...
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Was Abimelech a granny chaser?
Continuing the response to the meta call for contradiction.
In Genesis Chapter 20 we find the following sister/wife story:
And Abraham journeyed from there to the land of the Negev, and he ...
