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Does Revelation self-consciously bring a close to the canon?
Revelations is certainly the last book of the bible; however, canonicity wasn't resolved concerning the New Testament until the Council of Trent in 1546; in which it was established that 27 books ...
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Did Malachi understand himself to being writing as the last prophet?
It is so so easy to presume in our hindsight history that prophets only knew of what they spoke, but Malachi's perception of his prophetic place is fascinating to consider. Thank you for this question....
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What was the purpose of the Old Testament prophecies whose contents were not recorded for posterity?
This is fairly uncomplicated. Prophetic utterances (= messages from God via a prophet) come in two types:
Messages that are appropriate for inclusion in the Canon of Scripture and have content ...
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Why might Jude tell us in his Letter that N/T Scripture had been fully delivered to the saints (cf. Jude vs. 3)?
The order of Jude (or texts of the NT in general) in Scripture is often seen as chronological, but there is nothing contained within that requires it. The only chronological stamp would be that it ...
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Authorship of 2 Peter - evidence in favor of Peter
The question was asked:
Why was 2 Peter included in the New Testament in the 4th century when
its authorship was disputed for so long?
Most likely the early church hesitated to accept 2 Peter as ...
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Authorship of 2 Peter - evidence in favor of Peter
As stated in the other question, the main arguments against the authenticity of 2 Peter are:
The argument against the authenticity of 2 Peter essentially rests on three observations:
A few (...
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Why might Jude tell us in his Letter that N/T Scripture had been fully delivered to the saints (cf. Jude vs. 3)?
Why might Jude vs. 3 tell us that "faith" had been fully delivered to the saints?
Answer: Far more than "faith" is meant here. The statement in Jude vs. 3 applies to all that is ...
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Why might Jude tell us in his Letter that N/T Scripture had been fully delivered to the saints (cf. Jude vs. 3)?
If scripture was synonymous with faith, that would mean that nobody could have the faith Jude spoke of without having "all scripture". If he had written, "...the faith which was once ...
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Other than the two testaments, are there any texts that take place in the same universe?
I will give a quick answer before the OP is closed, because I think it raises a hermeneutical question dealing the the apocrypha, which is an acceptable topic here. The answer is yes, several of the ...
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Does the Book of Ruth belong to history (between Judges and Samuel) or sacred literature (between the Song of Songs and Lamentations)?
The OP has not defined his word, "belong", so I will take it in three senses:
Chronology of Story
I have made the case here >> When did the story of Ruth take place?
that the story ...
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What is the likelihood that the Apocalypse of John is not inspired?
It’s simple. John doesn’t mention a single ‘thing’ that hasn’t a firm foundation in the Old Testament. Everything can be referenced back. And, when you do, it matches, without contradicting.
So if you ...
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Why might Jude tell us in his Letter that N/T Scripture had been fully delivered to the saints (cf. Jude vs. 3)?
Let us be very clear what Jude 3 actually states and what he does not state. He says:
the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints
Thus, Jude is saying that it is the "faith"...
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What prophecies was Paul referring to when he said "do not despise prophecies" in 1 Thessalonians 5:20?
Some the congregations in the NT had withing them legitimate prophets of God giving revelations from God. We see this several times such as Acts 15:32, 11:27, 13:1, 21:10, etc.
Thus, when someone ...
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Why is the book of Jasher considered to be non-canonical even though the book is referenced in Joshua 10:13?
I would add that the question of canon is effectively answered by any individual individually and or by any given group corporately. We've no history of any universally recognized individual or group ...
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Does Revelation self-consciously bring a close to the canon?
Tau's answer ends with this note:
So while it is highly speculative that John imagined he wrote the last book, it is no stretch to say that John saw the final day, in which those who were redeemed ...
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Does Revelation self-consciously bring a close to the canon?
Once the New Testament books were placed together in one volume, it was natural to place the gospels first, followed by all the epistles and then place Revelation last, whether or not we think of ...
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When was Job written?
It is worth noting that the order of books in the Bible has never been firmly established, and their order may vary from one Bible to another. The Jews organize the Old Testament scriptures into ...
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Does Peter intend to identify the Pauline Epistles as canonical?
At the time Second Peter was written, there was not yet a New Testament canon, so the author could not have thought of Paul's epistles as canonical. However, the evidence of 2 Peter 3:15-16 is that he ...
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