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- Thu May 16, 2019 9:04 am
- Forum: Nazarene Studies
- Topic: Adam, Eden and the Exodus
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Adam, Eden and the Exodus
Adam, Eden and the Exodus In Ezekiel 36:24-38 the theme of Adam and Eden is the strong undercurrent that moves the narrative of the promised greater Exodus. The Promise of a greater Exodus is expressed elsewhere in the Tanach [Jeremiah 16:14-15, Jeremiah 23:7-8, Jeremiah 31:8, Isaiah 35, etc], and ...
- Mon May 13, 2019 7:10 am
- Forum: Nazarene Studies
- Topic: Research links
- Replies: 7
- Views: 21761
Re: Books and E-material I own..
שלום! Some of the books [and e-books] that I own; Abegg Jr, Martin. Flint, Peter. Ulrich, Eugene. The dead sea scrolls Bible. Alexander, T. Desmond. Gathercole, Simon. Heaven on Earth, the Temple in Biblical theology. Bailey, Kenneth E. Jesus through middle eastern eyes, cultural studies in the Gos...
- Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:07 pm
- Forum: Nazarene Studies
- Topic: First century technical terms
- Replies: 21
- Views: 46297
Re: First century technical terms
....1Th 4:17 then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. To 'meet' is a technical term used of an important dignitary’s reception by the residents of a city or village, who come out of the ...
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 2:24 pm
- Forum: Nazarene Studies
- Topic: Interpretation of the Torah in the first century
- Replies: 17
- Views: 35087
Re: Interpretation of the Torah in the first century
שלום! In the first century part of the practice in observing the shabbat was not to tithe on the shabbat, Philo informs us that it was not lawful to receive or give anything like money or food; Legat. 1:158 158 Moreover; in the monthly divisions of the country, when the whole people receives money ...
- Sun Jan 27, 2019 5:36 pm
- Forum: Nazarene Studies
- Topic: Interpretation of the Torah in the first century
- Replies: 17
- Views: 35087
Re: Interpretation of the Torah in the first century
שלום! Gen 6:1 And it came about that men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them. Gen 6:2 The sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were good, and they took wives for themselves from all those whom they chose. In the second Temple period the most common...
- Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:41 pm
- Forum: Nazarene Studies
- Topic: Interpretation of the Torah in the first century
- Replies: 17
- Views: 35087
Re: Interpretation of the Torah in the first century
שלום! In the Masoretic text Deuteronomy 32:8 is rendered as; Deu 32:8 when the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance; when He separated the sons of Adam, He set up the bounds of the peoples, according to the number of the sons of Israel . However, the LXX renders the same verse as; Deu...
- Fri Jan 25, 2019 2:06 pm
- Forum: Nazarene Studies
- Topic: A Messianic reading of...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14953
Re: A Messianic reading of...
שלום! Joh 3:7 Do not wonder because I said to you, You must be generated from above . Joh 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again . Where does the imagery of being 'born again' or 'born from above' come from? The two translations above show how the Greek can either be translated...
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:58 pm
- Forum: Nazarene Studies
- Topic: Second Temple period expectations...
- Replies: 3
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Re: Second Temple period expectations...
שלום! Angels are chained and will be chained, there is no explicit place in the Tanach which gives us this type of belief or expectation, however, Revelation, 2Peter and Jude all hold to this belief or expectation; Rev 20:1 And I saw an angel coming down out of Heaven, having the key of the abyss, ...
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:51 am
- Forum: Nazarene Studies
- Topic: First century technical terms
- Replies: 21
- Views: 46297
Re: First century technical terms
שלום! In Ephesians there is a Temple context; Eph 2:21 in whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto a holy temple in the Lord, There is a context of joining two separate groups together; Eph 2:14 For He is our peace, He making us both one , and breaking down the middle wall of partitio...
- Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:10 pm
- Forum: Nazarene Studies
- Topic: First century technical terms
- Replies: 21
- Views: 46297
Re: First century technical terms
שלום! In 1st Corinthians the apostle Paul uses the term Torah for Isaiah; 1Co 14:21 It has been written in the Law , " By other languages " and "by other lips" "I will speak to this people," "and even so they will not hear" Me, says the Lord. Isa 28:11 For with stammering lip and other languages , ...