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Chapter 7 - THE MEANING OF ’ADO-NAI

Chapter 7 - THE MEANING OF ’ADO-NAI

Continued from Chapter 6 (Genesis 18:30) The word,’adon, “lord” (plural, ’adonai ), may be used in the singular or the plural to refer to a divine or human lord. But, how are we to understand the meaning of the related word form ’adonoi (with the long vowel qametz), used over four hundred times in the Bible in reference to Y-H-V-H? To this end, we need to establish the meaning of the -ai (alt. -oi) ending in ’adonoi. It may be that this is an honorific title in the first person suffixed form
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Chapter 18d - THE VIRGIN MISCONCEPTION MYTH

Chapter 18d - THE VIRGIN MISCONCEPTION MYTH

Continued from Chapter 18c How did the respective authors of Matthew and Luke substantiate their claim? They claim that Jesus’ mother was a virgin, and God, not Joseph was his father, so that he was really God’s son from his very conception. Based, in part, on the Septuagint’s rendering of Isaiah 7:14 (or some related recession) Matthew’s text reads: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel” (Matthew 1:23). It should be noted that th
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Chapter 22i - Christian theological needs

Chapter 22i - Christian theological needs

Continued from Chapter 22h Christian theological needs The argument that Jesus died without any significant following is an argument necessitated by the theological need to have Jesus’ life conform to the Christian concept of the suffering servant. But the Gospels argue that Jesus had a significant following among the wellborn as well as among the common people even at the time of his crucifixion. This faithful following, we are told, was not composed of ignorant masses following a mere mira
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The Council of My Nation - Idolatry - Plural Terminology

The Council of My Nation - Idolatry - Plural Terminology

C. Plural Terminology An5 category of verses that Christians quote in an attempt to justify their theology are those passages in which God is spoken of in plural terminology. This category can be further classified into three subdivisions. There are verses in which a plural term is used to describe an action of God or even to describe God Himself. Then there are passages in which God speaks about Himself in a manner which seems to indicate plurality within God. And finally, there are passages
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