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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: haasdijk Ordered by Date |
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1 | Context versus what is translated. | 1 Sam 25:22 | haasdijk | 165077 | ||
There are a number of terms that have been used to refer to Jacob's decendents throughout history: Hebrews Israelites, Jews, Israelis! These words can be confusing at times, but the explaination of them is fairly simple. There is a chronological order to the use of these four terms: (roughly) The term Hebrews is the first term used. It is used before the founding of the kingdom of Israel. The term Israelite is generally used for those who lived between the events of the founding of the kindgom of Israel and the Babylonian exile. The term Jew is generally used for those of Jacob's decendants who lived after the exile all the way to the present day. If a Jew in our day returns to live in modern Israel, he is known as an Israeli. Perhaps this is a helpful clarification. (perhaps it isn't! If so, sorry!). Blessings. In Christ, haasdijk I have yet to find a place where all of this info is contained on one page (of a reputable source!). The chronological order, although not the exact division markers, can be found in Maurice Blanchot's book, The Infinite Conversation, top of page 126. This book can be read using Google Books and searching for the four terms. |
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2 | Arguing the inspiration of the Bible | 2 Tim 3:16 | haasdijk | 165072 | ||
Thank you all for your input on my question I appreciate your helpful comments. The primary reason I posted this question was because I was asked for some good reasons by someone else who was answering a friends questions... four steps removed! I would normally reach for somethings in my small collection of resources on this type of thing, except that I am away from it at the moment. Thank you for being my library and helping me to crystallize my own thinking. Thanks especially for bringing 2 Pet 1:20 to my attention, lionheart. I can't believe I had forgotten about that one, its so good! I won't again I hope. I also greatly appreciated your quotes, Doc from Bruce and Calvin. Thanks again to all. Peace and blessings from our God. In Him, haasdijk |
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3 | Arguing the inspiration of the Bible | Bible general Archive 3 | haasdijk | 165071 | ||
Thank you all for your input on my question I appreciate your helpful comments. The primary reason I posted this question was because I was asked for some good reasons by someone else who was answering a friends questions... four steps removed! I would normally reach for somethings in my small collection of resources on this type of thing, except that I am away from it at the moment. Thank you for being my library and helping me to crystallize my own thinking. Thanks especially for bringing 2 Pet 1:20 to my attention, lionheart. I can't believe I had forgotten about that one, its so good! I won't again, I hope. I also greatly appreciated your quotes, Doc from Bruce and Calvin. Thanks again to all. Peace and blessings from our God. In Him, haasdijk |
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4 | Outcome of the war with Amalek? | Ex 17:13 | haasdijk | 164883 | ||
Greetings! There is a battle with Amalek recorded in Exodus 17, and the Hebrews beat Amalek. Is this the war you were referring to? Saul also fights against the Amalekites. He is also victorious, and the Amalekites are wiped out. Some references to this are: 1 Sam 14:48; 15:2-3, 7-8, 32-33. In Christ, haasdijk |
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5 | What NAME do we call our GOD? Ex 3:14 | Ex 3:15 | haasdijk | 164868 | ||
If I may just add a few tidbits of information that may (or may not!) be interesting. This is in no way to discredit the above answer; everything he said was said very well. In case you are curious how MJH made the jump from "I AM that I AM" to the Tetragrammaton, the connection is this: the Hebrew "being" verb which in English translates as "is, am, was, were, etc." Is a word spelt with the consonants He Yod He. It is almost certainly from this Hebrew verb meaning "to be" that the name of God, Yahweh, is derived. Hence, the Tetragrammaton: Yod He Vav He. Another side note, if you are curious on the origin of the term Jehovah, which is a mispronunciation of the name of God: As stated above by MJH, the Jews did not pronounce the name of God in an attempt to keep the commandment "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain" (Ex 20:7). This was probably an overreaction, since the command was to use God's name properly, not to never use His name. As a part of their attempt to keep this commandment, when the Jews wrote the name of God, the Tetragrammaton, they would use the vowels from the word, Adoni, meaning "Lord" in Hebrew. Writing the vowels for Adoni would remind the Jews when they read their Scriptures not to pronounce the name of God "Yahweh", but rather, they would say "Adoni". This is a little complicated, since neither word was written in full. What would appear in the Hebrew would be the consonants for "Yahweh" and the vowels for "Adoni" written together as one word. This all worked very well for the Jews, however, when the Hebrew was translated into Latin, the translators missed the subtlety described above, and they blended the consonants of Yahweh and the vowels for Adoni together into a single, hybrid word: "Jehovah". This might be a little hard to believe. I know that if you look at the English vowels and consonants, it doesn't seem to produce "Jehovah". Hebrew works rather differently than English, and if you picked up a Introductory Hebrew Grammar and learned the system, it would make sense fairly quickly. Also, an addition to the comment about Jesus' name: As stated above by MJH, originally Jesus' name comes from the Hebrew: Yeshua. In English we translate this word "Joshua". When this Hebrew word was translated into the Greek is was written as "Iesous". So, in English we have a word for the original Hebrew word: "Yeshua" (Joshua) and the Greek translation of Yeshua (Jesus). I just thought you might be interested to see the relation there. I have found it interesting that the Western church, for the most part, has some serious scruples about naming their children Jesus, since it is the name of God, yet we have no problem with using the name Joshua. The Spanish seem to be the main exception as far as I know. They name children Jesus quite freely. I wonder if they use the name Joshua frequently too... Sorry if this was a little long winded, and I hope that it was not completely off topic. I thought that these ideas might be worth noting. May Yahweh bless you as you as you continue to follow His son, Yeshua. In Him, haasdijk |
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6 | Arguing the inspiration of the Bible | Not Specified | haasdijk | 164861 | ||
What would you consider to be the strongest arguments to back the claim of inspiration of the Scriptures? | ||||||
7 | Arguing the inspiration of the Bible | Bible general Archive 3 | haasdijk | 164863 | ||
What would you consider to be the strongest arguments to back the claim of inspiration of the Scriptures? | ||||||
8 | Arguing the inspiration of the Bible | 2 Tim 3:16 | haasdijk | 164865 | ||
What would you consider to be the strongest arguments to back the claim of inspiration of the Scriptures? | ||||||