Not exact matches
I have
studied Biblical history in college and you have obviously,
like me, done your homework!
I wonder what would be revealed if scientists would be permitted to
study the remains in the tomb at Machpelah... after all,
like all things
Biblical, we only have one reference, and we ONLY have Abraham's word that he saw the face of God (contrary to John 1:18: No man hath seen God at any time, AND John 6:46: Not that any man hath seen the Father)... Bet you those bones aren't from a 175 year old man and 127 year old woman...
But you know a lot less about the Bible than
Biblical Scholars who have
studied the original, Aramiac, Greek and Hebrew texts and a lot more learned and educated than you and still believe: guys
like Fr.
The twenty - first - century Church owes a lot to twentieth - century German Catholicism: for its generosity to Catholics in the Third World; for the witness of martyrs
like Alfred Delp, Bernhard Lichtenberg, and Edith Stein; for its contributions to
Biblical studies, systematic and moral theology, liturgical renewal, and Catholic social doctrine, through which German Catholicism played a leading role in Vatican II's efforts to renew Catholic witness for the third millennium.
1 Samuel: Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible by Francesca Aran Murphy Brazos, 336 pages, $ 34.99 He has never seen another field of
study quite
like it, says a political philosopher who follows
biblical scholarship.
There are now many aids for historical
study of the Bible available, and there is probably very little responsible
biblical scholarship in commentaries and the
like that does not pay some attention to the matter of historical context.
This is an opinion piece... and «Prof. Joel Baden is a specialist in the Pentateuch,
Biblical Hebrew, and disability theory in biblical studies...» Tell me why you think he is unqualified to give an opinion, much like you j
Biblical Hebrew, and disability theory in
biblical studies...» Tell me why you think he is unqualified to give an opinion, much like you j
biblical studies...» Tell me why you think he is unqualified to give an opinion, much
like you just did?
When
biblical scholars have interested themselves in ethical
studies, they have tended to focus on rather specific, narrow topics: social justice, the status of women, war, vengeance, property rights, ecological concern for nature and the
like.
(We can ignore
studies like Blaquart's on the Word of God that claim to be scientific but confine themselves to imposing a classifying framework on
biblical texts.
Like the older alternative from which it deviates, however, this approach may also leave students overwhelmed, particularly with the magnitude of what it takes to become competent at
biblical study.
One of the
studies we need is a
biblical analysis of «rebellious» generations... seems
like Barna has us all thinking a «lost» generation is the previous generation's fault... the Bible doesn't support that at all.
Biblical texts, church institutions, practices of worship, moral standards, and the
like are all equally to be
studied to discover their origins, how and why they changed through time, what their influences have been, etc..
MLK might have been a great leader for his people, and he might have been a great man, but that doesn't mean that he was an expert on the subject of
biblical studies or any other relevant subject
like evolution or physics.
In fact, when I've actually taken the time to
study the issues that trigger my doubts — issues
like religious pluralism, the Problem of Evil,
biblical interpretation, evolution, predestination and free will — I come out with a stronger, more resilient faith.
It's
like a very religious man with his doctorate in
Biblical studies once told me, «God created man.
Using
Biblical software can be a tremendous help for both individual Bible
study, and preparing for sermons, Small Groups, Sunday School, and the
like.
Then there are people
like me who try to bridge the gap and do both archaeology and
biblical studies.
Imagine doing a screencast (
like some of the ones I have used in this article) in which you visually walk people through the steps you followed to
study the
biblical text and arrive and the conclusions you reached.
Like many other old liberal Protestant ideas, Dibelius's view passed into wide circulation in the Catholic world when
biblical studies engaged with modern historical criticism at the time of the Second Vatican Council.
Studying historical, astronomical and
biblical records, Mathews believes the event that led the Magi — Zoroastrian priests of ancient Babylon and Mesopotamia — was an extremely rare planetary alignment occurring in 6 B.C., and the
likes of which may never be seen again.