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dimbear

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24. It's doubtful that very many Christians realize the Jewish scriptures weren't closed until after

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:34 PM

May 2012

the time of Jesus. In fact, they were closed to some extent to prevent the new Christian stuff from coming in.

The NT writers originally leaned mostly on the Septuagint, being more conversant in Greek than Hebrew. Later when Jerome made his official translation, he leaned on the Masoretic as being more weighty and official.

The NT writers also felt free to dip into the apocrypha, which is why nobody can truly understand Christianity without reading Enoch, Jubilees, and a few others. Once you have gone thru them you see where Christian ideas take their sources. In some cases. The so called intertestamental literature.

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Why do people believe Jesus preached from the Bible? [View all] dballance May 2012 OP

and at the time "Chrestos" was more likely to refer to Osiris intaglio May 2012 #1

Yes, but khristos was just a good ol' past passive participle. Igel May 2012 #34

What evidence is there that there ever was a Jesus who ever read anything, or spoke, or anything? AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #2

The same as George Washington. orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #5

Completely false. darkstar3 May 2012 #7

Sorry 2000 yrs. it's a little orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #26

You can't say it's the same and then defend yourself by saying it's not the same. Iggo May 2012 #31

No I can't ,I'm wrong , Your Right. orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #37

So you admit that it's not the "same as George Washington." darkstar3 May 2012 #32

Yes ,bad example on my part. orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #38

Nope. False equivalency. AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #9

Could you please edhopper May 2012 #15

Socrates is only talked about ,over 2000 yrs orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #28

Yes edhopper May 2012 #29

It was a silly statement , I admit orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #30

You would have been better off edhopper May 2012 #33

Your Right, or maybe Buddha, his bio is also orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #36

The Jesus Seminar patrice May 2012 #13

Oh my friend that is a question I'd like to tackle but thought better of it. dballance May 2012 #20

Preached from the Bible? What does that mean? cbayer May 2012 #3

Ignorant fundie orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #6

Are you calling me an ignorant fundie? cbayer May 2012 #10

NO NO NO !!!! orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #11

Oh, thank goodness. I thought I had a brand new enemy! cbayer May 2012 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author dballance May 2012 #21

If you don't understand what I meant then I'm sorry dballance May 2012 #22

He didn't just preach from it. He wrote it. CJCRANE May 2012 #4

Last time I checked, the Old Testament was in the Bible. Starboard Tack May 2012 #8

Which version of the Old Testament? AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #14

It's doubtful that very many Christians realize the Jewish scriptures weren't closed until after dimbear May 2012 #24

And like ' Plato's Cave ' it came from orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #27

Take your pick Starboard Tack May 2012 #25

And his name wasn't edhopper May 2012 #16

Was he ever on a crutch? COLGATE4 May 2012 #17

I've seen one account that portrays him in a sidecar... NinetySix May 2012 #18

I happen to know that he preached in King James English.. Permanut May 2012 #19

Actually overheard, 20 years ago-- xfundy May 2012 #23

Not really latest breaking news Lydia Leftcoast May 2012 #35