Frank Luke

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I am a web programmer by day (PHP) and work on sermons and teaching material in the evenings.

I attended Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri, for a Master of Arts in Theological Studies and a Master of Divinity. I am an associate pastor at a small church in Iowa. While in seminary, my emphasis was on Old Testament studies, but Dr. Wave Nunnally introduced me to the rabbinics. Those have become a special interest as well.

I also enjoy apologetics and was a very active member of the apologetics.org forum before it went defunct.

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Mar 12	revised	What arguments exist that would refute the theory concerning Aramaic primacy of the New Testament? added 36 characters in body
Mar 12	answered	What arguments exist that would refute the theory concerning Aramaic primacy of the New Testament?
Mar 12	comment	What is Paul's advice on anger? I was going to check the LXX this morning. Good job on the verbs.
Mar 12	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on What is Paul's advice on anger?
Mar 12	comment	How Is the Date of Composition of the Gospels Estimated? Are you looking for the general method as Jon describes or more specifics from internal clues of the books? For example, Luke shows an interest in this kind of events (he records them at X, Y, and Z). However, he does not record two similar events which would make his case well. We can thus infer that he wrote Acts before those events took place.
Mar 11	comment	What is “apocalyptic” literature? "Christian, though not necessarily orthodox, non-canonical, apocalyptic writings" may contain the most qualifiers I have ever used to modify a noun.
Mar 11	answered	What is “apocalyptic” literature?
Mar 11	comment	What does Jesus mean by generation when talking about the end times? "Already, but not yet." The Kingdom is here, but the Kingdom is really coming later. We see a free figuring but not the whole.
Mar 11	comment	Upon whom do we call? Reconciling OT & NT You have really great questions, Sarah.
Mar 11	comment	What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? @konwayk, you now have the rep. Let us continue this in either the main chat room or the room Sarah set up. Your call. You may be confusing Biblical Hebrew and Mishnaic Hebrew. MH descended from BH, but they are not the same.
Mar 10	comment	What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? @konwayk, Please note that I said that lama means "why" in Hebrew. I will repeat that the Gospels record lama, which most definitely means "why" in Hebrew. I will check my copy of BDB Lexicon of Hebrew and Chaldee (old name for Aramaic) tonight to see if it has an entry on lama.
Mar 10	comment	What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? I will admit that Aramaic is the language of the three, I have spent the least amount of time in, but I have studied it. And Hebrew is the most. You are welcome to view my profile and see how much rep I have earned in various tags. I'll let my rep here speak for itself.
Mar 10	comment	What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? @konwayk, for someone who screamed about being offended, you sure don't care about going the other way. The words are Hebrew. (I have been studying Hebrew since 1997, Greek since 1998, and Aramaic since 1999.) They may exist also in Armaic, but they are most definitely Hebrew. In Hebrew, lama means "why." If you are saying it means "lest" and the cry from the cross was in Aramaic, then it should have been translated as "My God, my God, lest you have forsaken me." However, the Greek translation of the cry uses "why" and Matthew and Mark both record the Hebrew word lama.
Mar 10	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic?
Mar 10	comment	What portions of the New Testament are purported to have originally been written in Aramaic? "One of the largest collections of Imperial Aramaic texts is that of the Persepolis fortification tablets, which number about five hundred." That's a BC find of Imperial Aramaic. [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_language#Ancient_Aramaic]
Mar 10	comment	What portions of the New Testament are purported to have originally been written in Aramaic? Actually, there are inscriptions of Aramaic that date back to 1,000 BC. The wiki article on it's history accurately reflects the archeological findings of Aramaic from the BC era.
Mar 10	comment	What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? @Sarah, I don't know how to move things like this. I understand it would be best to move it to chat. It's also time to feed my sons, however, I will be checking back on this later. And I have more evidence to deliver that specifically addresses some of konwayk's points. Does a moderator need to make a room?
Mar 10	comment	What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? We should not allow a few Aramaisms to cloud the case of the many Hebraisms that appear in the NT. Levonah (Frankincense, Matt 2:11), mammon (Luke 16:9), Wai (Woe Matt 23:13), rabbi (Matt 23:7,8), Beelzebub (Luke 11:15), corban (Mark 7:11), Satan, cammon (summin matt 23:23), raca (Matt 5:22), moreh (Matt 5:22), mor (myrrh, Luke 7:37), sheekmah (sycamore, Luke 17:6), and amen which appears about 100x.
Mar 10	comment	What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? The most commonly pointed to Aramaism in the NT is the cry from the cross. Yet, it is doubtful that Mark recorded it as Jesus uttered it. The audience thinks he is calling for Elijah. That mistake is only possible in Hebrew where He would have said "Eli." This is how Matthew records it. Lama is the same in both languages. And Sabak is a verb that appears in both Armaic and Hebrew.
Mar 10	comment	What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? Although it is true that our Gospels contain aramaisms, they also contain Hebraisms. Hebrew speaking Jews had incorporated some Aramaic loan words into their language (BTW, a small amount of the Dead Sea Scolls are in Aramaic and they are older than the Peshitta. The vast majority of the DSS are in Hebrew). Loan words even become so used they are part of the language. Mishnaic Hebrew uses abba often. It also uses bar and ben together.