Daily Archives: September 9, 2009

To Whom Do the Scriptures Belong?

N.R.M De Lange, Origen and the Jews: Studies in Jewish-Christian Relations in Third-Century Palestine (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976) 84. …Origen sets out to demonstrate that the Old Testament belongs not to the Jews but to the Church… This has … Continue reading

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A Strong Woman, Honesty in Marriage

Frank Schaeffer, Crazy for God (Cambridge: Carroll and Graf, 2007) 105-106. Frank includes this 1961 letter from his mom, Edith: Dear Frankie, I had a special blessing from the Lord today. Fran had to spend the night over at Rotterdam … Continue reading

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Color Code for II Samuel 7

In this post, I want to color code II Samuel 7 according to P. Kyle McCarter’s division of the sources in his Anchor Bible commentary. The code is as follows: Green will be for the primitive document, which McCarter dates … Continue reading

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