Saturday, April 26, 2025

M.-J. Lagrange on Transformative Justification, οω- verbs, and the δικαι- and צָדַק-word Groups

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     ÉTRE JUSTIFIÉ, JUSTIFIER, JUSTIFICATION.   Puisque Paul reconnait une justice, à la vérité une justice qui vient de Dieu, qui n...
Friday, April 25, 2025

Brett Hashimoto and Joshua Cowley, “A Corpus-Based Comparison of Keywords and Themes from The Book of Mormon and the Bible" (2024)

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 I recently read an interesting article from a journal I just discovered:   Brett Hashimoto and Joshua Cowley, “ A Corpus-Based Comparis...

Karen Nelson on ḥesed (חסד) and the Gentiles

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    ḥsd and the Gentiles   Each quotation in Rom 15:9–12 includes the plural of ethnos (MT: gwym ; “nations”/“Gentiles”). First, a p...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Irenaeus Teaching Baptismal Regeneration in Against Heresies 1.21.1

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In Against Heresies 1.21.1, addressing “heretical notions about redemption,” Irenaeus wrote:   The tradition about their redemption turn...

Line 3 of “The Phylactery of Moses” (third/early fourth century)

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Line 3 of “The Phylactery of Moses” (third/early fourth century) reads:   3 Made a [s]pell on a gold leaf six [letters]): “ Saba ōth .”...

Roy D. Kotansky on "The Phylactery of Moses" (third-fourth century)

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   The so-called Phylactery of Moses is a text inscribed on a single, small (9.1 cm. x 5.6 cm.) sheet of copper found in Akrai, Sicily som...

Karen Nelson on ḥesed (חסד) and Covenant Relationships

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    ḥsd and Covenant Relationships   The category ḥsd is associated with covenant relationships. Three such relationships are eviden...