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- Wed Jan 23, 2019 3:37 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: In the beginning, God separated?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 34821
Re: In the beginning, God separated?
Genesis 1.1: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." could also be "In the beginning of when God was creating the heavens and the earth," continuing into the next verses: "The earth was formless and empty, darkness was on the surface of the depths, and the...
- Wed Dec 05, 2018 6:00 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Judaism and Abortion
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9057
Re: Judaism and Abortion
I found Daniel Schiff's "Abortion in Judaism'" informative.
- Thu Nov 29, 2018 1:35 pm
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Who's who on BC&H Forum?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 72892
Re: Who's who on BC&H Forum?
Seems like a a dismissive stroke with a broad brush ...Gnostic Bishop wrote: ↑Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:50 amI agree, but to a theist, it matters not.
Regards
DL
- Wed Nov 28, 2018 3:16 pm
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Who's who on BC&H Forum?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 72892
Re: Who's who on BC&H Forum?
My experience is that most discussions are improved by replacing ...
- Jesus is ...
- Jesus is depicted as ...
- Sun Sep 09, 2018 2:01 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Ashkenazic Jews’ mysterious origins unravelled by scientists thanks to ancient DNA
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27407
Re: Ashkenazic Jews’ mysterious origins unravelled by scientists thanks to ancient DNA
I'm simply not competent to judge the scientific claims.That said, I'd be very curious to see a review of ... No Evidence from Genome-wide Data of a Khazar Origin fo the Ashkenazi Jews Author(s): Doron M. Behar, Mait Metspalu, Yael Baran, Naama M. Kopelman, Bayazit Yunusbayev, Ariella Gladstein, Sha...
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 12:27 pm
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: R.I.P.?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 35185
Re: R.I.P.?
What is this thread about?
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:21 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: The Pentateuch, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion article
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10563
Re: The Pentateuch, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion article
That's been the way things have been going for quite awhile. My simple rule is that the latest possible date for stuff is probably the right one; easy to stay on the winning side of debates. Conservative scholars take the opposite approach - really hasn't worked out well for them for the past half ...
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:19 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Why 1 and 2 Kings is Bullshit
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9902
Re: Why 1 and 2 Kings is Bullshit
I'll see you're "Bullshit" and raise you two Bullpuckies and a What-the-Heck ... 175 = 7 x 5^2 ... (7 + 5 + 5 = 17) :: purported age of Abraham at time of death 180 = 5 x 6^2 ... (5 + 6 + 6 = 17) :: purported age of Isaac at time of death 147 = 3 x 7^2 ... (3 + 7 + 7 = 17) :: purported age...
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:02 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Why 1 and 2 Kings is Bullshit
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9902
Re: Why 1 and 2 Kings is Bullshit
Seriously? Is that all you've got?
- Fri Jun 29, 2018 9:24 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Gen 34:28
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16727
Re: Gen 34:28
Everett Fox suggests:
Similarly. Robert Alter renders the verse as ...Their sheep, their oxen, their donkeys -- whatever was inside the city and out in the field, they took ...
Their sheep and their cattle and their donkeys, what was in the town and in the field, they took ...