canon
Historical and textual studies explaining how the biblical canon was formed and defended against common objections.
SOME FACTS ABOUT JEROME Paid Members Public
I am reposting this from the following site: What we probably don’t know about St. Jerome is just . What we probably don’t know about St. Jerome is just what we need to know Meg Hunter-Kilmer – published on 09/28/17 He was singularly agitated, impatient, and proud … but
JUSTIN MARTYR ON THE JEWISH CORRUPTION OF THE SCRIPTURES Paid Members Public
2nd century Church apologist and holy martyr Justin Martyr states that the Jews of his day not only rejected the Greek versions of the Hebrew Bible (known as the Septuagint [LXX]), but that they also removed clear prophecies of Jesus’ Deity, crucifixion and resurrection from their own copies of the
DOES THE BIBLE TEACH THAT IT ALONE IS GOD-BREATHED? Paid Members Public
Protestant apologists such as James R. White will often appeal to the following biblical passage to prove that the Holy Scriptures are the sole infallible rule of faith since they alone are theopneustos (“God-breathed”): “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from
The Jewish Talmud Confirms Jesus’ Messiahship Paid Members Public
And the Inspiration of the New Testament! The Talmud explains that the second temple was destroyed for baseless hatred: אֲבָל מִקְדָּשׁ שֵׁנִי שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹסְקִין בְּתוֹרָה וּבְמִצְוֹת וּגְמִילוּ
THE 1924 ARABIC QURAN: AN UNINSPIRED HUMAN COMPILATION Paid Members Public
Many Muslims and non-Muslims are unaware that the Arabic Quran which underlies the English translations in circulation throughout the world did not exist until 1924. In fact, there is no extant manuscript of the Quran that is identical to the 1924 edition produced in Cairo Egypt. I will allow the
Koranic Criticism: 700 C.E. to 825 C.E. Paid Members Public
The following is taken from the post: Koranic Criticism: 700 C.E. to 825 C.E. > Ibn Warraq. Muslim scholars themselves, particularly acute and brilliant commentators like Zamakshari, Tabari, and al-Suyuti, made important observations on the Koran but they were all, of course, working within the Islamic framework, and
THE IMPERFECT QURAN PT. 1: MISSING VERSE ON STONING Paid Members Public
This begins a series of posts where I will cite traditions that mention verses that are no longer part of the text of the Quran, thereby refuting the oft-repeated lie that the Muslim scripture has been perfectly preserved. I begin with the missing verse of stoning adulterers/adulteresses. All emphasis
A Reply to Bart Ehrman’s Defense of Jesus, Interrupted on the MythVision Podcast Paid Members Public
JONATHAN MCLATCHIE May 24, 2021 Nearly a year ago, I published a series of three articles in which I reviewed sections of Bart Ehrman’s book Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them). If you have not read those articles