Friday, December 25, 2020

Answering the Claim that Interpreting Genesis 1:2 as a Dependent Clause is too Cumbersome in Hebrew

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    . . . there is no question that the dependent clause translation is cumbersome. However, as astonishing as it may seem, far from being...

Excerpts from Yael Shemesh, “Lies by Prophets and Other Lies in the Hebrew Bible”

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The following are some interesting excerpts from:   Yael Shemesh, “ Lies by Prophets and Other Lies in the Hebrew Bible ,” Journal of th...

Andrew Hedges on Joseph Smith's Polygamy

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    “POLYANDROUS” SEALINGS   Several of the women who were evidently sealed to Joseph Smith were already married to other men at the t...

Mark A. Wrathall on Alma and the "One God" Controversy

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    Alma and the “one God” controversy   The peculiarly worded question—“Should we believe in one God?”—has a bite that is easily miss...

The Very "Mormon Sounding" Commentary on Tithing by R.T. Kendall

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Many critics tend to bellyache over the Latter-day Saint practice of tithing. Consider the following thread from Simon Southerton (“Simon in...
Thursday, December 24, 2020

Insights on Soteriology from Gaius Marius Victorinus’s (290-364) Commentary on Galatians

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The following are taken from  Stephen Andrew Cooper,  Marius Victorinus' Commentary on Galatians  (Oxford Early Christian Studies; New Y...

Gaius Marius Victorinus (290-364) vs. the Perpetual Virginity of Mary

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Commenting on Gal 1:19, Marius Victorinus wrote the following, showing he is an early Christian witness against the perpetual virginity of M...