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| bio | website | crossandcosmos.com |
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| location | Knoxville, IA | |
| age | 36 | |
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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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Apr 24 |
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What language did Jesus commonly speak? Checking the Greek manuscripts (Nestle-Aland, MT, Wescott-Hort), I see that Luke 10:18 actually says satanan not satana as you claim. Some of your other claims suffer similar disproof. Lebontha (Matthew 2:11), all three mss families read libanan. Cammuna (Matthew 23:23), all three mss families read kuminon. As for mammona (Luke 16:9), -a is also the Greek masculine genitive ending which matches the article before it and is exactly how this word is translated, "the wealth of-". |
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Apr 23 |
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What language did Jesus commonly speak? Thanks, Jon. Since I was only addressing the Hebrew, I didn't expect the accepted to change. |
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Apr 23 |
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What language did Jesus commonly speak? The Essenes did not view all of their scrolls as inspired; only the copies of the Tanak. The rest of the material was apocryphal or sectarian and they state that it was not Scripture. BTW, do you realize that your argument about the date of manufacture vs. the date of composition works against your thesis of MH not being known? |
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Apr 23 |
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What language did Jesus commonly speak? Saying that there is a problem with something does not invalidate the argument. Regarding the date of the scrolls, dates are determined for them in numerous ways. 1) By dating the parchment itself. 2) By sampling the ink. 3) By the shape of the letters (writing styles changed slightly over the period). The whole can be no older than the youngest component. They span several centuries and reliable scholars have dated the collection of over 800 manuscripts from ~250 BC to ~AD 50. |
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Apr 23 |
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What language did Jesus commonly speak? There has been a lot of archeology done in Israel since the Latin Patriarch said that in 1962. |
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Apr 23 |
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What language did Jesus commonly speak? -1. Denies the existence of Mishnaic Hebrew as a spoken language of the common, which has been proven repeatedly by literature and archeology. See this answer |
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Apr 23 |
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Why is God called the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? I would love to take a crack at the second question (the one regarding the Septuagint and pre-Masoretic text). If you would split that one off to a second question, I would work on it. Be sure to give the verse reference for the Septuagint reference. |
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Apr 16 |
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Is Jesus equal to or less than the Father The doctrine of the trinity emphasizes both the number of persons in the Godhead and that they are one. "One God in three persons." |
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Apr 12 |
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What does λεστες mean in Mark 11:17? There's a lot here that doesn't address the questions: 'Were these common thieves stealing from the marketplace or peoples' homes? Or is "outlaws" a better rendering? What kind of criminal does this refer to (specifically I'm interested in 11:17)?' |
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Apr 12 |
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How should James 2:18 be translated? Could you add the verses to your final quote of James that follow the pattern of insult and response that you mention? I would, but I'm not sure if you want just verse 20 or beyond it. Thank you! |
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Apr 12 |
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Does the qal in Amos 3:6 automatically imply causation? @MikeBull, I agree that word and grammar studies can't be the end, but the answer must address the question. If you addressed the grammar of what a qal verb can mean and does mean in this verse THEN zoomed out to show how that works with the rest of the Bible it would work. But the user asked about the qal and now knows something more about it. caseyr547 will now apply when reading other places. |
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Apr 11 |
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Why does the Peshitta use the word ‘baptism’ for ‘enlightened’ in Hebrews 6:4? They very well could take them as synonyms. Chrysostom was from Antioch and served as archbishop of Constantinople. Definitely a man of the East. |
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Apr 4 |
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“Back in ships to Egypt” in Deut. 28 @BobJones, that would be a great answer from a text-critical point of view! Could you write it up with an example of which Hebrew word for "sorrow" you intend here? |
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Apr 3 |
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What is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit? If you still want to edit this, let me know and I will unaccept. Until then, accepted. |
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Mar 22 |
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What is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit? you said you wanted to edit this without it being marked as answered. I have unmarked it and you may edit. Thank you. (This is not accepting my ping to Jack Douglas.) |
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Mar 22 |
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When did separation between Israel and Judah happen? @H3br3wHamm3r81, could you take a look at this, related, question? |
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Mar 22 |
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When the Kingdom of Israel split, what happened to Benjamin? Inspired by looking at Hammer's answer to this question. |
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Mar 20 |
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Does Deuteronomy 12:21 reference a missing commandment? Regarding some of the connections I've seen in the Midrash and Talmud, that the rabbis couldn't make a connection speaks volumes. |
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Mar 20 |
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Pre-Christian, Jewish interpretation of Psalm 22 I have added an answer to a related question: hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/4489/…. |
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Mar 20 |
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Pre-Christian, Jewish interpretation of Psalm 22 More information on the promised seed can be found by reading Walter Kaiser's book The Promise-Plan of God, amazon.com/Promise-Plan-God-Biblical-Theology-Testaments/dp/… |
