I would disagree with the comments made regarding the "spurious";ness of Mark 16:9-20, but this is the "LXX" group and this is not the place for these kinds of...
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Joel Kalvesmaki
Kalvesmaki
Nov 2, 2007 6:00 am
Agreeing with Mr. Murphy and as comoderator, I suggest this question be taken to a forum suited to New Testament topics. Sincerely, jk Joel Kalvesmaki ...
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Sean
rhoadess
Nov 3, 2007 3:31 am
Dear Lxx group Because many of you are scholars and know the Greek language well, I was just looking at John 1:1 and wondering if I could substitute "Word"...
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Chris Weimer
cweb255
Nov 3, 2007 5:39 am
(sorry about the weird first post) Not if you accept the second θεος (theos) as an adjective (i.e., the word was divine), like some Greek nouns are able to...
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Paul Vincent Dolan
pavindol
Nov 3, 2007 2:34 pm
Hello All, John 1:1 says in the original Greek: en arch hn o logoV, kai o logoV hn proV ton qeon, kai qeoV hn o logoV. I guess that we first need some kind of...
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Tony Costa
ixthus888
Nov 3, 2007 2:56 pm
Paul you stated “The absence of the definite article in the phrase, "In beginning," [John 1:1] is significant since it does not denote any specific...
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Bill Ross
billrossfamily
Nov 3, 2007 4:48 pm
Hi, Sean. You'll get different answers here, but here is my view... I think if you did that and kept the grammar in tact it would read: "and Eve was with Clay...
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Bill Ross
billrossfamily
Nov 3, 2007 4:48 pm
Paul, you are quite correct that the phrase EN ARCH would have been tantamount to saying to his readers: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you have your LXX with you,...
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David Hindley
dchindley
Nov 3, 2007 5:08 pm
Chris & Sean, This subject, too, should probably be pursued on a NT criticism board. I will suggest, Sean, that you see how this idea of yours might...
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Tony Costa
ixthus888
Nov 3, 2007 5:13 pm
Bill, you stated : "Note that the LOGOS (utterance) was there in the beginning, with God, and that it was divine utterance. And all things were made through it...
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finckean
Nov 3, 2007 11:51 pm
If there were just two of them - Adam and the word - and Eve was a wife and mother - the word must have been "Dinner!". But all she had was an apple, and she...
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Sean
rhoadess
Nov 4, 2007 2:29 am
I apologize for going off topic, but I was trying to come up with a way to understand the idea of Jesus (the Word) being God. So I wanted to substitute...
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Sean
rhoadess
Nov 4, 2007 2:48 am
Dear Paul Here are a few verses in Sirach, that show this Wisdom, who came out of God's mouth, and therefore his Word, had a beginning: Sirach 1:4-5 KJV-1611...
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Revdougpickrel@...
Nov 4, 2007 3:18 am
In a message dated 11/3/2007 6:51:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time, finckea@... writes: She must have been very sexy. Andrew Fincke Andrew, haven't you...
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finckean
Nov 4, 2007 11:19 am
You're right, Sean. The Vulgate, which Geneva took up, has a couple of extra verses at Sirach 24 - numbered 3 ansd 4 - which caused the folowing disparity: ...
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kwabena Sapei
s.eng_nunoo
Nov 6, 2007 10:25 pm
My apologies for asking about the questions below, I was dealing with them and wanted a little information. Thanks very much. kwabena Sapei...
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kwabena Sapei
s.eng_nunoo
Nov 16, 2007 1:57 am
Are Children of God suppose to pay tithe?. Because Deutronomy 6:16 I think says otherwise. Any suggestions ... Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is...
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andrew fincke
finckean
Nov 16, 2007 3:15 am
I would say "Yes", because the Septuagint text at 1 Samuel 8:16 has APODEKATWSEI "He will tithe" for Hebrew VEASAH "he will do". That means the author equated...
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Pat and Jim Ellis
patandjimellis
Nov 16, 2007 4:27 am
In my opinion, tithing is part of the Old Covenant and not part of the New Covenant. _,_._,___ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Fr. Thomas Moore
frthomasm
Nov 16, 2007 11:59 am
Posted by: "Pat and Jim Ellis" <mailto:jim@...?Subject=%20Re%3A%20Malachi%203%3A8-12> jim@......
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andrew fincke
finckean
Nov 16, 2007 12:13 pm
And why, Priest, for Heaven's sake, did Peter come down so hard on Simon Magus for offering a substantial monetary gift to the church (Acts 8:18-20)? Andrew...
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Tony Costa
ixthus888
Nov 16, 2007 2:07 pm
"Funny, we never hear arguments for returning to the ancient church's practice in this area!" I think Acts is telling us about the formative years of the early...
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Svetlana Goryacheva
svetlanagory...
Nov 16, 2007 2:15 pm
Dear all – As it is known, there is a sequel to the canonical Book of Job in LXX version (not extant in the original Hebrew Bible) which provides some...
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Pat and Jim Ellis
patandjimellis
Nov 16, 2007 4:26 pm
andrew fincke <finckea@...> wrote: And why, Priest, for Heaven's sake, did Peter come down so hard on Simon Magus for offering a substantial monetary...
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andrew fincke
finckean
Nov 16, 2007 5:08 pm
The end of 11Q10 isn't preserved, and 4Q157 is bits and pieces - more bits. Ansdrew Fincke To: lxx@...: sgoryacheva@...: Fri, 16 Nov...
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Peter Papoutsis
papoutsis1
Nov 16, 2007 6:03 pm
Actually living in communes and having all things in common is very close to the teaching of Rome and the Eastern Churches, but some evangelicals call that...
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Tony Costa
ixthus888
Nov 16, 2007 7:31 pm
_____ From: lxx@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lxx@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Papoutsis Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:03 PM Actually living in communes...
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Peter Papoutsis
papoutsis1
Nov 16, 2007 11:36 pm
Actually, Christian living in comparason to Roman living were and still are very different. The Monastic model is the real model for Christian living. The only...
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Fr. Thomas Moore
frthomasm
Nov 17, 2007 1:27 pm
Ought to know better than joke around with scholars. I was simply teasing with the kind of "proof texting" I find so prevalent in the bible belt where I live. ...
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Matthew Johnson
mej1960
Nov 17, 2007 4:34 pm
... I know this is getting further and further away from the topics of the group, but I promise to try to tie this back to a group-relevant topic by the end of...
