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Jesus, The Mirror
I often try to notice the way people view Jesus: who he was and what he stood for. My observation is that Jesus is a kind of reverse fun-house mirror. When we look at him we see ourselves, but a … Continue reading
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Croudsourcing the Bible
Over at כל־האדם (“kol-ha’adam” or “all of man[kind]” ), Joseph has put forward an idea that has crossed my mind a couple of times: a central biblical resource featuring scholarly translation and apparatus. Done in such a way as to … Continue reading
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Sunday Scriptures: The Trinity
Sunday is a busy day here, as its the only day we all get to spend together as a family. So in this weekly spot I’ll dig out some interesting bits of religious literature and will post them without much … Continue reading
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The story of how a bible verse is read — 1 John 5:7-8
Following on from yesterday’s post on the Johannine Comma, I was enjoying looking again through the online copy of the Codex Sinaiticus. It is both more difficult, and more rewarding than reading the reprinted greek critical text. I thought it … Continue reading
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The Johannine Comma – The story of how a bible verse was written — 1 John 5:7-8
One of the hard things about studying the bible is working out what version of the bible to study. There are thousands of copies, all written by hand, and all different. Reconstructing what might have been the original text is … Continue reading
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