Biblical apocrypha

In ANE literature, tablets are both a medium for writing, and a symbol of writing itself, but writing gains authority through message or author. Adoption and sale tablets, Suzerainty treaties, and written prayers laid beside idols exemplify authority by a message. In them, the authority emanated from the confines of the writing dictating relationships between parties. Orpheus tablets typify the second condition by the issue of pseudepigraphical authorship (as discussed under the subheading,…

The most effective methodologies to interpret the Bible To understand the Bible from a scholarly perspective is to be skeptical and make good judgments based on the evidences that are given. An academic scholar of the Bible must be able to apply various research techniques, use analytic skills, and have high theological knowledge to correctly interpret the Bible. In doing so, this allows the scholar to appropriately criticize and determine the significance and implications of many of the…

Kinship ch 8 Chapter eight analyzes the fulfillment and transformation of the Davidic Covenant in Luke-Acts. Davidic themes in Luke are examined from the infancy narratives through the preaching in Acts. Attention is given to the institution narrative, in which Jesus shares His authority with the Apostles. This is solidified through the restoration of the Apostolic college and the sending of the Holy Spirit. With this authority they rule, through service, in remembrance of the paschal mystery,…

In Biblical history the approximately 400 years that separate the time of the ministry of Malachi to the appearance of Jesus Christ is known as the Intertesamental period. Roughly from 433 B.C. – 5 B.C; some refer to this period as the silent years; however this time was anything but silent. Israel during this time ceased to be an independent nation and was downgraded to a minor territory while other great empires flourished. Then in 332 B.C. when Alexander the Great took over the Holy Land, the…

observe and experience the rich history embedded in the soil of Jerusalem, an experience that cannot be felt through literature and photographs. The sacred and holy nature of Jerusalem stems from the biblical texts of Genesis, 2 Samuels, 2 Chronicles, and Psalms in the New Oxford Annotated Bible, with Apocrypha. These texts intricately weave together several significant and influential hierophanies using powerful language to describe imageries of mountains, temples, and sacrifices…

In the Apocrypha, (the section not always included in traditional bibles) Daniel is asked to prove to King Cyrus that their idol Bel is not a living creature that eats the offerings of the kingdom. Daniel believes the priests steal the offerings every night, instead…

Bibliology: A Brief Statement The Bible, in its sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, is the written Word of God. It is a holy construction of dual-authorship, consisting both of God’s sovereign influence and man’s directed inscription. There is nothing false or misleading within its pages—whether actual words, intended meaning, or the practices appropriately adapted from it; the Bible is entirely true, wholly helpful, and completely incapable of wrong. As God’s written revelation of…

A lthough, there were various people within the church that believed misguided beliefs about the LORD’S sexual presence, there still rose up those that knew the mystery of mysteries. It is alleged Christ teachings were kept concealed though the centuries by the brotherhood of Jesus Christ beginnings that one may say were the ‘Truth holders.’ They quietly kept one of the supreme secrets alive through time; which was the knowing of God’s ‘real’ sexual presence within humanity. The group attempted…

Generally, the practice of phallic worship is found within the majority of ancient groups and various scholars such a James Weir, M.D., believes that its presence had been implanted in human nature since the beginning of time. The concept of Satan as an ‘evil spirit’ in our modern day definition exists a great number of times as a made-up superstition; on the contrary, the ancients believed they had a real life spiritual force that steadily advanced through time. In light of this, essentially…

Theology of the Hodayot Scroll” Jane Doe BOTB: 685A The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Apocrypha April 20, 2012 Introduction When the first set of Dead Sea Scrolls was discovered in 1947, the collection contained several never before seen non-biblical scrolls. Among these unknown scrolls, was the scroll given the Hebrew name Hodayot or the Thanksgiving Hymns. The scroll received this name based on the presence of…