Tag Archives: Abel

The Testament of Abraham: Salvation and Answered Prayer

Posted on September 11, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

I recently read the Testament of Abraham for my daily quiet time.  The Charlesworth Pseudepigrapha dates it to the first-second centuries C.E.  E.P. Sanders, in his editorial introduction to the work, argues that it has an Egyptian Jewish background. In … Continue reading →

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The True Murderer, and John’s Interaction with the Hebrew Bible

Posted on January 17, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In John 8:44, Jesus says to his Jewish opponents, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there … Continue reading →

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