Yeah certainly not a 50-50, but in my earlier days as an atheist I would have probably been more sympathetic to mythicism as an ideologically driven polemic against Christianity. Nowadays, I just view it as a distraction from more interesting questions (like who Jesus of Nazareth was, what he...
I think that Matthew already had Jesus in Bethlehem. It was Luke that invented the bogus tax story and thus made his birth date later than that of the one in Matthew. In Matthew Herod was still alive and leader of Judea. That ended in 4 BCE. Luke has his specifically name...
I used to think the chances of a real historical Jesus were 50-50. Certainly there's no clincher either way, Two points in particular have changed my view to make it more likely, but by no means certain, that Jesus existed in history. The first is Ehrman's point that in the records we have, none...
The old covenant (MOSAIC ordinances for remission of sin) was to pass away..
HEBREWS 9 [1] Then verily THE FIRST COVENANT HAD ALSO ORDINANCES of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.... [9] WHICH WAS A FIGURE for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that...
Trinitarians do not dare quote this verse and yet it is the pinnacle point of Phil 2, that though Jesus Christ was EMPOWERED with the Spirit of God and could have made himself earthly rich, an earthly king, been a world military leader, made himself ‘A God to humanity’ - Almighty God, the...
Thank you Soapy for your ^ above ^ reply.
I find as far as Jesus' 'mindset' that his 'mindset' is that he is mild tempered, lowly in heart as per Matthew 11:29-30
Jesus displayed being humble - Zechariah9:9
The Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit. How you translate that will vary person to person.
"If there is a claim in the NT that it's beneficial to read the scriptures, that statement is confined to the Tanakh, since there was no NT when that claim was written"
I’m not sure that holds. The...
There is no claim in the bible that the bible is inerrant. If there is a claim in the NT that it's beneficial to read the scriptures, that statement is confined to the Tanakh, since there was no NT when that claim was written.
The trouble with that is that no one of the Jewish faith would have...
Yep Gods Word is amazing but it is hidden from those who do not believe it.
For me personally I would disagree. The new testament comes from the old testament scriptures. Together they are the Word of God.
According to the scriptures, the name "Israel" is only a name given by God to all those...
Funny, that, hey?
My point is that we can safely ignore the NT if we want to understand the God of the Jewish nation.
Let me give you a well-known example of a contrived "prophecy", the virgin birth of Jesus in Matthew and Luke, based on Isaiah 7:14. The word in the Tanakh is ʿalmâ, young...
Bart Ehrman has a whole book of them. Jesus Interrupted
Other Differences in the Passion Narratives
These then are just some of the key discrepancies in the accounts of
Jesus’ last week of life, his death, and his resurrection. They are by
no means the only differences, but instead of...
To 'sparkle'...
https://biblehub.com/hebrew/6692.htm
Definition: to blossom, shine, sparkle
Oooh, I found 'lifted up' and 'Ensign' in connection to the above word...
Zechariah9:16
"And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones...
Appreciate your post. But does not answer my post 646. We need to show a structure that is in rural setting, is opened and closed with stone, used for water for animals. Definitions do not help. We need to show such structure in Israel.
These ones aren't even in the region mentioned in Genesis, either, I just put them up as an example.
You can find the text with the Hebrew-English here:
https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/8232/showrashi/true
Here is a resource for the word...
Carrier uses "virtually no childhood information". As explained RR use of the criteria are how he uses them
So here is what I actually said: the more improbabilities that are stacked in a story, the more likely the story is to be myth. Does McGrath have a rebuttal to that? To what I actually...
it contributes to the posterior probability.
You tried to demonstrate Carrier is a liar. He is not. You were wrong. His criteria is helpful.
My response is justified.
HE does. Another thing you would encounter if you studies the argument first, then formed an opinion on it..
“I don’t use...
I'm sorry that I can't offer any knowledge of Greek to add to this conversation, but I do wonder whether the verse that immediately follows Proverbs 16:18 can provide some context?
The Hebrew word translated as "the haughty" (or "the proud") is גאים which comes from the root word of גאה in the...
I have been thinking about teh verse from Proverbs (16:18) which is often translated as "Pride goes before destruction" or something to that effect.
The Hebrew is לִפְנֵי־שֶׁ֥בֶר גָּא֑וֹן
Lifnei (in front of, in the face of, before)
Shever (the breaking of, the destruction of)
Ga'on
The third...
A common tactic is to reduce the precision of the original text with the generalities of translation and come to decisions about meanings based on that translation. Your claim was that "'cut off' is the same term" except that is only true if you use a translation that translates 2 different...
A common tactic in religious discussions is to settle upon ONE DEFINITION of a word, one which is convenient to the argument.
(ie virgin for Mary, pierced for Jesus etc..) And this serves to put the discussion OUT OF REACH of mere plebs who haven't 'studied' the language (ie Bart Erhman)
But the...