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Why Has Critique Run out of Steam?
by Valis inthis was in the new harper's magazine and i thought some of you might find it an interesting read..enjoy!.
why has critique run out of steam?.
from matters of fact to matters of concern.
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question about faith
by itsallgoodnow ini've been wondering about faith as a concept.
if there is a god, why can't he or she make it plain and obvious who he is, what he wants from us, what his purpose is?
the bible is open to wide interpretation on all matters as we can all see.
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A question for bible scholars.....It's a REAL hard one!
by gumby inwhere does the name "israel come from?
(the answer is intresting if you know) .
gumby
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The king of eternity and the eternal house
by Leolaia inin jeremiah 10:10, yahweh bears two titles that are placed in parallelism: mlk 'wlm "eternal king" and hw'-'lhym chyym "the living god".
in canaanite literature, 'llm or olam is an epithet that the aged father god el specifically bears, in addition to ab-shanem "father of years," elyon "most high", shaddai "mountain-dweller," and others.
however the rephaim, the dead ancestor kings in the netherworld, may also lay claim to 'llm in their kingship.
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Bomb found on French rail line
by Gerard in.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/world/europe/03/24/france.railbomb/index.html
i wonder how the french will enjoy going alone after terrorists...
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Question from Readers,WT MARCH 15, 2004 page 28
by badboy in.
whose feet were touched when zipporah cut off her son's 4skin in an attempt 2 set matters straight?.
it was the angel of jehovah who had the power 2 put thew uncircumcised son 2 death.logically,then,zipporah would have caused the 4skin 2 touch the angel's feet,presenting it 2 him as evidence that she had complied with the covenant.. i understand from somewhere,possibly my niv study bible that the word used 4 feet can also mean genitals, there4 did zipporah put it on the angels thingy.. any comments?
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The Bible and the Canaanite "Book of Balaam bar-Beor" (8th century B.C.)
by Leolaia inin earlier posts, i have described how heroes, kings, and other legendary characters from canaanite lore were incorporated in the ot either through direct allusion or exaptation as literary characters in new distinctively israelite stories.
the legend of danel, the father of aqhat, is directly mentioned in ezekiel 14:12-20, 28:1-3 and was likely reused as source material in the cycles of legends about the righteous judge job, the young warrior david, and the prophet elisha (cf.
the legends surrounding the rephaim kings revered in bashan and who the canaanite leaders regarded as their ancestors contributed to the biblical stories about the mighty nephilim and rephaim warriors and the giant og, king of bashan (cf.
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Jesus versus Judas. (May cause offence)
by Englishman injesus was a ransom sacrifice for many.
according to scripture, he died to save the world and carried the sins of the world with him as he died.
he actually suffered an horrendous death, dying 3 hours after being crucified.
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Wow..I'm Still Breathing!
by Englishman inhey, i'm home!.
i came home from hospital earlier today.
it was great to eat a fried breakfast again!.
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Kingdom Interlinear question?
by imherczeg ini'm in a bible study with a very nice jehovah's witness.. she was kind enough to give me a copy of "the kingdom interlinear translation of the greek scriptures" 1985 edition.. it states in the beginning of the book that the three bible texts.... greek text above comes from b.f. westcott and f.j.a.
hort (1881).
english text underneath comes from "an interlinear word-for-word translation into english" 1969. english text alongside comes from the 1984 nwt.