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| bio | website | crossandcosmos.com |
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| location | Knoxville, IA | |
| age | 36 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 4 months |
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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 10 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on What portions of the New Testament are purported to have originally been written in Aramaic? |
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Mar 10 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on What were the major objections that Augustine had with Jerome's translation of the Hebrew Bible? |
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Mar 9 |
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What portions of the New Testament are purported to have originally been written in Aramaic? @DanO'Day, Bivin and Blizzard have written Understanding the Difficult Words of Jesus. It approaches it from a Hebrew perspective (and they argue against Aramaic). |
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Mar 9 |
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What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? We also have Mishnaic Hebrew from the first century AD. And there are plenty of Ben names in Hebrew sources. Care to share what those problems are? BTW, coins, plural. All coins I have seen from that time in Judea have Hebrew on them (not Aramaic). Was Aramaic spoken there? Yes, but so was Hebrew. I would suggest you read the full Biven/Blizzard book. Also, Jesus, Jewish Theologian by Brad Young has some great information. |
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Mar 9 |
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What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? Hebrew was also spoken at the time. It wasn't the same as Biblical, but Mishnaic Hebrew was an active and spoken language. See the link for examples of Hebrew in Judea at the time. There are also signs, carvings, and engravings. Coins from the time have Hebrew and not Aramaic. People don't put the value of their money in a language people can't read. |
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Mar 9 |
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What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? There is plenty of archeological evidence that Hebrew was an active language in the days of Jesus alongside Aramaic. Understanding the Difficult Words of Jesus by Bivin and Blizzard has many examples. See also the Talmud which records many "ben" names (alongside "bar" names). A review and summary is here: faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/NTeSources/NTArticles/…. Page 279 of the review begins examples of Luke that show he had Hebrew (not Aramaic) sources. Also, many more of the Dead Sea Scrolls are in Hebrew as opposed to Aramaic. |
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Mar 8 |
answered | Was casting the lot in Acts 1:26 a vote or a lottery? |
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Mar 8 |
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What is the difference between ζωὴ and ψυχὴ? I would be interested to see how what each words translates in the Septuagint and if that shows a helpful pattern. |
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Mar 8 |
answered | Should The Creation Story in Genesis Be Understood as Metaphorical? |
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Mar 8 |
accepted | What does it mean to be a Nazarite? |
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Mar 8 |
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Why did the commanders put their garments under Jehu? added 32 characters in body |
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Mar 7 |
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Why were the Ten Commandments written on two tablets? added 11 characters in body |
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Mar 7 |
awarded | Excavator |
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Mar 7 |
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Does Exodus 22:28 call for child sacrifice? deleted 627 characters in body |
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Mar 7 |
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Paul's knowledge of Jannes and Jambres the magicians of Egypt As Paul was a Pharisee and "trained at the feet of [Rabban] Gamaliel [the Elder]," that he would be familiar with the Targums, and the traditions that were compiled into the Mishnah and Talmud is certain. At least the traditions that predated him. But a good answer. |
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Mar 7 |
answered | Why did the commanders put their garments under Jehu? |
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Mar 7 |
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Who was Nimrod? That is an interesting article. Can you summarize his findings for others? |
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Mar 6 |
reviewed | No Action Needed Literary independence of the synoptics |
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Mar 6 |
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Esther 4:14 observation & translation Not being a gambler I'm embarrassed to confess that without "Purim" being in quotes, I first read this with the wrong interpretaiton of "craps." Thought this edit might assure a clearer read. The point is too well thought out to be lost in the first couple sentances. |
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Mar 4 |
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Recensions of the Septuagint added 240 characters in body |
