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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."
May 24, 2024
NIV
""Genesis 16, 17" - There is no such source in the Jewish Bible.
test that I conducted, even among you Christians there is no such numbering:
https://biblehub.com/bsb/genesis/16.htm
Brown, Raymond E. Refers to the correct source in Genesis 16:8-11."
Tre Brickley
"I would offer the International Critical Commentary as a corrective to the line of thinking offered by Dean Deppe above.
Against interpreting 5:33–7 as excluding in casuistic fashion all oaths, the following observations are pertinent. (1) As Jeremias, Theology, p. 220, has affirmed, the example..."
May 21, 2024
Cheryl
"Wisdom of Solomon 10:5 "kept him strong in the face of his compassion for his child". Who is this referring to? As you read through chapter 10, some of the people are evident such as "steering the righteous man by a paltry piece of wood". "Compassion for his child" makes me think of Moses, but t..."
May 17, 2024
Dan
"It does seem obvious in this case that a New Testament text has a connection with 1 Enoch"
April 28, 2024
Sharon Shook
"Why "because of the angels" ? Some are saying, "so that angels don't lust after women". There must be a better reason for the angels."
Zodie
"What is the biblical mean of testimony of the heavens? Jubilee 4:30"
Zodie
"What is the biblical mean of testimony of the heavens? Jubilees 4:30"
April 22, 2024
Beth Craig
"Is it right or lawful to read scriptures that are not in the Bible?"
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