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This work has been accepted for consideration at JOHD and is now going through the peer-review process. While their metadata will filter into catalogs eventually via OA indices, I thought members of this forum might like to know how to access and catalog the pre-prints in advance. By way of making ...

^ Why is that one getting ready to push those children off that cliff?

What I was asking for however was the earliest copy of this quote. "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine new things? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and...

What I was asking for however was the earliest copy of this quote. "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine new things? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and...

Guess I'll have to do it myself.

What I was asking for however was the earliest copy of this quote. "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine new things? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and ...

I have to assume that you are being purposely obtuse as no one can possibly be as dense as you pretend to be and still be able to read and write in English. That may be a wee bit polemical. The point is verifiable . You can check the Hebrew English interlinear text on Biblehub, which shows the Hebr...

The word for "Anointed" is "Christos" in the Septuagint, according to blueletterbible.org . So even if JM is using nomina sacra, it's clear what the word is standing for. Even if nomina sacra is used in Christian copies of the Septuagint, then it can still be cross-referenced ag...

I think we need to see what references early Christians were making to the Septuagint for both "Jesus" and "Christ". For "Christ", Justin Martyr references Psalm 2: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/justinmartyr-firstapology.html Why do the heathen rage, and t...

The earliest associated name for IC is, I believe, Iesuos in a copy of the Septuagint conservatively dated to the early third century. Interesting. I would assume that this was a Christian copy that applied the nomina sacra to Joshua son of Nun? Correct. The nomia sacra itself makes it likely to be...