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Why do the Pastorals warn about genealogies?
In both 1 Timothy 1:4 and Titus 3:9 Paul warns his students against "endless genealogies." Obviously the Bible itself contains genealogies, even in the Gospels, so it seems like there must be something more going on than just people are reading…
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Does Rashi's interpretation of Jephthah's fate hold water?
When Rashi looks back on the life of Jephthah, he notes:
Jephthah was afflicted with boils and dismemberment as it is stated, (below 12:7) “And he was buried in the cities [pl.] of Gilead.” (His limbs were buried in the various cities.)
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What is the tree of life in Proverbs 11:30?
While reading through Proverbs, I found a somewhat startling verse:
Proverbs 11:30 (NIV)
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and the one who is wise saves lives.
My immediate thought was that this was a reference to eternal life,…
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What does "invoke the name of the LORD" mean in Genesis?
The phrase "call upon the name of the LORD" turns up occasionally in Genesis:
Genesis 12:8 (ESV)
8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built…
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Why is Jeremiah 31 addressed to Ephraim?
Jeremiah 31 is one of my favorite in Tanach. In very poetic language, the chapter describes God's love for his people and the future redemption of the Israelite nation. I wrote a bit about this chapter in an answer to a different question here.
The…
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What is Job saying he believes about death and what follows in Job 14?
Job makes several interesting statements in chapter 14 about death.
10 But a man dies and is laid low;
man breathes his last, and where is he?
11 As waters fail from a lake
and a river wastes away and dries up,
12 so a man lies down and rises…
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What is morphological analysis, as it relates to Bible study?
As far as I can tell, morphological analysis is a technique used by Bible students to better understand the original languages in context.
How does one go about using a tool such as Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes?
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Is Exodus 21:21 about a dead slave or one who survives?
Exodus 21:20-21 provides provisions to avenge the maltreatment of a slave:
When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be…
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Was the LXX used in Palestine in the First Century?
It is recorded that Jesus read from the Septuagint in the synagogue during His ministry. As an example, Luke 4:16-20 has Jesus reading from an Isaiah scroll in a synagogue, and the text provided appears to be a mixture of the Greek and Hebrew…
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In Matthew 27:38 why were there two thieves crucified with Jesus?
Matt. 27:38,
Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand,
and another on the left.
Jesus was crucified during the critical feast of Passover (mistakenly called the Feast of Unleavened Bread because they are so close in…
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In Romans 1:17, what does Paul mean by “from faith to faith” (ἐκ πίστεως εἰς πίστιν)?
17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith.” NASB, ©1995
ΙΖʹ δικαιοσύνη γὰρ θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ ἀποκαλύπτεται ἐκ πίστεως εἰς πίστιν, καθὼς γέγραπται· ὁ δὲ δίκαιος ἐκ…
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Why is the plural "ones" used in Ezekiel 37:17?
In the second half of Ezekiel 37 (vv. 15-28), the prophet brings two sticks together in his hand to demonstrate the unification of the divided nation of Israel that God will effect. Repeatedly, the oracle announces that the tribes of Israel (šibṭê…
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Hebrew translations of the Aramaic Texts
Several sections of the Old Testament are written in Aramaic. With the Old Testament, we will often examine translations like the Greek Septuagint, the Aramaic Targumim, and the Syriac Peshitta in order to see how Rabbis and historic scholarship…
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What factors define meaning of "little ones" in Deuteronomy?
In Deu. 20:13-14, it is written,
13 And when the Lord your God gives it into your hand, you shall put all its males to the sword, 14 but the women and the little ones, the livestock, and everything else in the city, all its spoil, you shall take as…
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What was the image of jealousy according to Ezek 8:5?
Ezekiel 8:5 (American King James Version) reads:
Then said he to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy…
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