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by Tommsky
Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:36 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Anachronisms in Genesis
Replies: 11
Views: 35830

Re: Anachronisms in Genesis

Question for big-brained ancient language people: would i be right in assuming that the occurrences of aramaic discussed are present both in the Leningrad Codex and the Dead Sea Scrolls?
by Tommsky
Mon Oct 14, 2013 3:46 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: My Faith as I am Coming to Learn It
Replies: 23
Views: 49977

Re: My Faith as I am Coming to Learn It

I believe in the teachings of Christ not Christianity What did Christ teach? In Mark's gospel he teaches precious little, only crumbs about fasting, the sabbath, divorce and how to be a first-century follower. If the sermons in later gospels were authentic and important why aren't they mentioned in...
by Tommsky
Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:45 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: What is going on in Revelation 11:8? Lord crucified in Egypt
Replies: 59
Views: 113525

Re: What is going on in Revelation 11:8? Lord crucified in E

I went on a minibus tour of the West Bank in 2007 and the guide pointed out a likely location for Sodom. I regret that I didn't spend the night there.
by Tommsky
Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:43 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Bk of Revelation a response to 79CE Mt Vesuvius eruption?
Replies: 2
Views: 11829

Re: Bk of Revelation a response to 79CE Mt Vesuvius eruption

Clever. The eruption hypothesis would explain the references to fire and brimstone.
by Tommsky
Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:39 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Matthew 16:28 a parousia prediction?
Replies: 2
Views: 11526

Re: Matthew 16:28 a parousia prediction?

I think you're right and no one reading those lines would see anything else unless they had an ulterior motive. It seems that one of the themes of gJohn is that we shouldn't be on the look out for a second coming because Jesus ascended and returned shortly after his resurrection and then handed his ...
by Tommsky
Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:12 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Volunteer needed for proofreading the Latin of Irenaeus
Replies: 15
Views: 62076

Re: Volunteer needed for proofreading the Latin of Irenaeus

Toto wrote:That sounds like fun. I had Latin in high school, a long long time ago.
Is it true there are no direct equivalents to "yes" and "no" in latin? I heard you have to use cumbersome structures like "indeed that is correct, Lucretius" or some such.
by Tommsky
Sat Oct 12, 2013 4:52 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Dating the Pentateuch
Replies: 122
Views: 146109

Re: Dating the pentateuch

the Pentateuch is IMO is firmly dated to the Persian period. The Enochic issue of sin is certainly after the Persian period, so the story of the fall drags Genesis with it. Interpreting the Eden narrative in terms of sin and "fall" is a very Christian and stretched approach to the text.
by Tommsky
Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:30 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Genesis chap 5 verses 21-24, Enoch
Replies: 1
Views: 11446

Re: Genesis chap 5 verses 21-24, Enoch

I find the following interesting and I interpret it to mean that death isn't the only option, a person could just cease to exist. so Jesus dying wasn't the only option presented in the bible for existing with god if that is what verse 22 means. Didn't Elijah also by-pass death? Elijah seems to be a...
by Tommsky
Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:20 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Anachronisms in Genesis
Replies: 11
Views: 35830

Re: Anachronisms in Genesis

Deuteronomy 3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. = the first part of Og remaining...
by Tommsky
Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:43 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Anachronisms in Genesis
Replies: 11
Views: 35830

Re: Anachronisms in Genesis

stephan happy huller wrote:There is also the use of Aramaic in Genesis which was already noted in Ibn Ezra.
In Genesis 31:47? Anywhere else?