Casuistic and apodictic: part 1: What the terms mean
Video version here. The distinction between casuistic and apodictic formulations of “legal” material in the Bible, seems like a prime example of scholarship which has lost touch with the needs of real...
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Casuistic and apodictic: part 2: The Jesus Key
Video version here. In this I’ll tell you how I think Jesus offers the key to how we should understand the casuistic laws of the Old Testament. It’s simple, but as I’ll go on to show in later ‘casts...
View ArticleCasuistic and apodictic: part 3: Jesus reads more Scripture
Video version here. We look at how Jesus reads other Bible passages (still in Matthew 5) to begin confirming the hypothesis that to read Scripture with Jesus is to make it so extreme that rules...
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Aagh technical difficulties
I had to reinstall all the posts here from a backup. Now the little audio player that allowed you to play the files on the page (rather than downloading them) is broken. To do it another way means...
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What is the Bible? (Part 2) A hologram?
Photo by Joost J. Bakker IJmuiden Many people think the Bible is like a hologram, any part of which shows the truth. The practice of scholars, preachers and teachers, of citing single verses or lists...
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Why every good Christian is an Atheist!
There is an error common to many Atheists and Christians, though they believe their ideas are quite different. The mistake is easily made the words God and god look almost alike. So it seems obvious...
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Aagh technical difficulties
I had to reinstall all the posts here from a backup. Now the little audio player that allowed you to play the files on the page (rather than downloading them) is broken. To do it another way means...
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What is the Bible? (Part 2) A hologram?
Photo by Joost J. Bakker IJmuiden Many people think the Bible is like a hologram, any part of which shows the truth. The practice of scholars, preachers and teachers, of citing single verses or lists...
View ArticleWhy every good Christian is an Atheist!
There is an error common to many Atheists and Christians, though they believe their ideas are quite different. The mistake is easily made the words God and god look almost alike. So it seems obvious...
View ArticleCall for voices: Biblical Studies Carnival for 1st June
Dear Biblical Scholars (both professional and amateur), This podcast will be hosting the Biblical Studies Carnival for the month of May (which appears on 1st June). 1 So April’s is now out. Since this...
View ArticleWhy every good Christian is an Atheist!
There is an error common to many Atheists and Christians, though they believe their ideas are quite different. The mistake is easily made the words God and god look almost alike. So it seems obvious...
View ArticleWhat is the Bible? (Part 2) A hologram?
Many people think the Bible is like a hologram, any part of which shows the truth. The practice of scholars, preachers and teachers, of citing single verses or lists of verses to demonstrate something,...
View ArticleCasuistic and apodictic: part 1: What the terms mean
Video version here. The distinction between casuistic and apodictic formulations of “legal” material in the Bible, seems like a prime example of scholarship which has lost touch with the needs of real...
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Casuistic and apodictic: part 2: The Jesus Key
Video version here. In this I’ll tell you how I think Jesus offers the key to how we should understand the casuistic laws of the Old Testament. It’s simple, but as I’ll go on to show in later ‘casts...
View ArticleCasuistic and apodictic: part 3: Jesus reads more Scripture
Video version here. We look at how Jesus reads other Bible passages (still in Matthew 5) to begin confirming the hypothesis that to read Scripture with Jesus is to make it so extreme that rules...
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Aagh technical difficulties
I had to reinstall all the posts here from a backup. Now the little audio player that allowed you to play the files on the page (rather than downloading them) is broken. To do it another way means...
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