by admin | May 29, 2012 | Adultery in the Prophets, Section One, Sexual Immorality
I want to track נָאַף (nā’ap̄) in the Old Testament prophets to see if I can find a better understanding of πορνεία as used by Jesus, Paul and the New Testament writers. Hosea was a prophet in the northern part of the divided kingdom of Israel during the time...
by admin | May 28, 2012 | Jesus' Artifacts, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
I came to computer programming later in life. The first time I did some programming on my own it occurred to me that this DNA to RNA to protein process was a lot like a subroutine. Now any user input I was trying to program for, passed through a whole lot of...
by admin | May 28, 2012 | Section One
I have gone through similar changes in my response to Paul as those I mentioned in response to Jesus. There was a time when I thought Paul had written extraordinary claims, statements so exaggerated that they should never be taken literally or at face value. Not the...
by admin | May 27, 2012 | Jesus' Artifacts, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
I’m not fooling anyone. There is probably a strong suspicion that I’m going to shape things in such a way that I can come to the conclusion that Jesus is a pretty good carpenter. A typical approach would be for me to establish the criteria—a good carpenter does A,...
by admin | May 27, 2012 | Adultery in the Law, Section One, Sexual Immorality
The translators of the New American Bible1 chose the marriage is unlawful for πορνεία in Matthew 5:32 [Table]. So I will substitute that translation in the NET: But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the marriage is unlawful, makes her...