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by iskander
Sat Oct 10, 2015 6:27 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: How Much of the Gospel is Actual History
Replies: 242
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Re: How Much of the Gospel is Actual History

Shammai agrees with Jesus in saying that a woman should be divorced only for sexual immorality. The ruling of Jesus would have been a very beneficial change from the more primitive and cruel laws dominating the Mosaic society of his time , which were promoted by the School of Hillel. In the Mishnaic...
by iskander
Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:53 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Peter
Replies: 162
Views: 231171

Re: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Pet

Petra could be translated as " stone" without altering the meaning of Matthew 7.24 Gundry points out that in this earlier explanatory teaching story from Jesus, Jesus explains that his words are the rock [stone)for the believer. As in Is 9.10 Isaiah 9 10 ‘The bricks have fallen, but we wil...
by iskander
Wed Oct 07, 2015 6:54 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Peter
Replies: 162
Views: 231171

Re: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Pet

The Bible comprise the New Testament and the Old Testament and furthermore Jesus was circumcised as Luke reports.
by iskander
Tue Oct 06, 2015 11:49 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Peter
Replies: 162
Views: 231171

Re: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Pet

JW : Matthew 7:24 Strong's Transliteration Greek English Morphology 3956 [e] Pas Πᾶς Every one Adj-NMS 3767 [e] oun οὖν therefore, Conj 3748 [e] hostis ὅστις whoever RelPro-NMS 191 [e] akouei ἀκούει hears V-PIA-3S 1473 [e] mou μου my PPro-G1S 3588 [e] tous τοὺς - Art-AMP 3056 [e] logous λόγους word...
by iskander
Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:55 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Peter
Replies: 162
Views: 231171

Re: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Pet

The best explanation here is the Aramaic approach to the passage. Matt 16:18 Peshitta has Kefas, kefa where kefa is feminine. The Greek awkwardly imitates the Aramaic. Yes, it is Kefas. The noun petra is feminine only in that it takes the feminine form of the article, It is only a grammatical techn...
by iskander
Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:24 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Peter
Replies: 162
Views: 231171

Re: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Pet

Matthew 16.18 You are petros ( such as a small stone found along a pathway- masculine) and on this petra ( on this boulder- feminine) I will build my church. In this translation the meaning is , there is petros ---(petros, the pebble , this mustard seed, Matthew 17:20 -masculine) and on this petra -...
by iskander
Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:10 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Peter
Replies: 162
Views: 231171

Re: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Pet

Greek nouns can belong to two gender classes, masculine and feminine, These do not correspond to the division between male and female. Nevertheless, most nouns denoting humans are masculine if the person is male, and feminine if the person is female. Thus the noun Petros is masculine. Nouns denoting...
by iskander
Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:54 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Peter
Replies: 162
Views: 231171

Re: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Pet

to iskander, The Gospels tell the story of a man with a dream and his ordinary companions. His companions continually struggle to understand the new world being created for them by the teacher. Gee, I never heard of that before. What new world was being created by Jesus for his companions? Cordiall...
by iskander
Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:42 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Peter
Replies: 162
Views: 231171

Re: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Pet

Mathew 16.16-18 16Simon answered, ‘You are the Messiah,* the Son of the living God.’ 17And Jesus answered him, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. 18And I tell you, you are Peter,* and on this rock* I will build my church, ...
by iskander
Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:38 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Peter
Replies: 162
Views: 231171

Re: "The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Pet

to iskander, The apostles are ordinary men responding in a confused manner to the extraordinary. That shows you did not bother to read my blog post at http://historical-jesus.info/28.html . Cordially, Bernard I read it. The Gospels tell the story of a man with a dream and his ordinary companions. H...