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September 5, 2024
David Green
"Come to think of it, Sirach 23 does bear a faint resemblance to parts of the Lord's prayer as well.
4 O Lord, Father and God of my life,
do not give me haughty eyes,
5 and remove evil desire from me."
David Green
"The Samaritan version is consistent with the dialogue in Genesis 18:23-25, where we see Abraham interviewing (a potential candidate for the position of) God, speaking to him not as an equal, but as a "greater than", with language like "Far be it from you!"."
September 4, 2024
Aryeh Cohen
"Arachin 16b "If one says to him 'remove the wood chip from your eye,' he will reply 'remove the beam from your eye.""
October 8, 2025
Prince D
"The Memra of the Lord is in the Targum Neofiti. I was say that that Targum is analogous to a Bible paraphrase. Meaning, the translator(s) didn’t merely translate the underlying Hebrew but also added their understanding or interpretation. One can say that they attempted to make the text even clearly..."
August 31, 2024
August 29, 2024
David Green
"1 Corinthians 2
7 But we speak God's wisdom, secret and HIDDEN, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the..."
Lucas Oliver
"In 1 Enoch 21:6 does it literally mean ten thousand of what we measure years present time?"
David Green
"Hopefully you will find some of this knowledge helpful:
Elohim pr El-WhoIAm (Ex 3.14), not YHWH, was the Gen 1 creator. In Gen 2 "YHWH-Elohim" completes the pair, which together go by the name Adonai (Add an I). This is reflected in Ps 136 and Ps 22, which starts with Elohim, then YHWH is introduce..."
August 26, 2024
David Green
"The term in question is translates to what is represented by the the Temple mentioned in the 11th (levening #) verse of 2 Samuel 7, as part of the covenant that established the physical Temple.
2 Samuel 7.11
... Moreover the LORD declares to you that the
LORD will make you a house.
The w..."
August 23, 2024
August 19, 2024
Daniel
"Perhaps I’m missing something but when I look at the source text. I don’t see “Word of the Lord” or Memra present in the English translation of Targums or Onkelos"
August 14, 2024
Ben Harris
"I need to find out the meaning of this quote "Do not turn away from someone who is in need; rather, share everything with your brother, and do not say that it is your own. For if you are partners in what is imperishable, how much more so in perishable things!" (Didache 4:8)"
August 5, 2024
Anonymous
"What difference does it make if Paul used a quote from Menander's Thais in his letter to the Corinthian church. God gives knowledge and thoughts to all mankind, so why can't that knowledge and thought be used interchangeably? Why can't Paul quote Menander; besides it is a known fact, that Paul was e..."
July 30, 2024
Katrina
"How could humans give birth to giants? Are you sure they weren't female and made babies with man?! That seems more scientifically probable."
July 26, 2024
Bob Curtis
"In chapter 2 wisdom of Enoch verse 43 it says. Well to you who fulminate anathemas which cannot be reversed. What does that mean?"
July 14, 2024
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July 2, 2024
Wayne
"Thanks to the atoning death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as a spirit body, all those who were drowned by Noah's flood have been released as spirit bodies into God's heaven (1 Peter 3:18-19). Why was Jesus interested in them in the first place? Why not something more recent, like those of Sodom a..."
June 28, 2024
Anonymous
"What does Memra mean? Which Hebrew word does it refer to/which Hebrew word underlies it/what is the morphology of Memra? How would you spell Memra in Hebrew?"
June 11, 2024
Joli
""I create the fruit of the lips" and Isaiah 57:19 is omitted in the Septuagint. My question is, is that phrase omitted from the Septuagint? And why? And if it should be supplied as in the Hebrew, is create a one-time action?"
June 2, 2024
James Ouma Glory
"The articlates some hidden truths which many hasn't perceived though they read their bible everyday. I appreciate it. Can I have a link through which I can download a text containing the book of Enoch."
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