The Bible Week 10
Translations, Matthew 11:17, poetry vs prose, Hebrews 1:1, Grimm’s Law, Ephesians 5:15-21, Ephesians 5:22, results vs commands, Being filled with the Holy Spirit, submission, Love, ritual, Can you be filled with the Holy Spirit and not love your wife?, Readability, Do you need to learn Greek and Hebrew?, Jehovah Witnesses and John 1:1, External test for Reliability, standard vs special rules. Expectations about evidence.
https://www.consider.org/Classes/Bible/HandoutL.htm
httpv://youtu.be/b8zGmLKHS_w
The Bible Week 9
Review of Canon, Missing books, What if we found another book?, Mormon view of Faith lost and restored, Jude 3, What about other books, 5 characteristics of Scripture, Shepherd of Hermas, Translations, Should we us a translation?, History of early English translations, Literal Translations, Language, Romans 1:13, John 1:5, 1 John 1:3, Critical(Modern) vs Received Text, Types (Styles) of translations, Idiomatic, Translations Issues, Genesis 17:18-21, Philippians 1:5-6
Links:
https://www.consider.org/Classes/Bible/HandoutK.htm
https://www.consider.org/Classes/Bible/HandoutL.htm
https://biblehub.com
httpv://youtu.be/B7366X_oG-o
The Bible Week 8
Manuscripts, Hebrews 1, scribe comments, Old Testament Canon, Daniel 9:2, Josephu, John 5:39, 2 Peter 3:15, New Testament Canon, Marcion, Church fathers, Church Councils, Diatessaron, Apocrypha, Council of Trent, Other Gospels (Peter, Thomas), Gnosticism, The Gospel of Judas, 1st century date of Acts and Luke, Gnosticism 2nd century, “Missing books”. 1 Kings 11:41, 1 Cor 5:9-10,
Links:
Manuscripts Greek Bible Introduction Palaeography
https://www.consider.org/Classes/Bible/HandoutJ.htm
httpv://youtu.be/pnptlsG7mSU
The Bible Week 7
New Testament manuscripts, Age of Manuscript vs Age of Reading, translations, citations by Church fathers, the attitude of early believers, Council of Nicaea, Conspiracy theories, Textus Receptus vs Modern Text, Textual issues, 1 John 5:7-8, Matthew 15:5-6, Matthew 28:20, John 7:53-8:11 The woman caught in adultery, Mark 16:9-20, impact of textual issues on reliability, Joseph Smith’s “Inspired Version.”
A problem with the camera lost the remainder of this class.
Handout H https://www.consider.org/Classes/Bible/HandoutH.htm
httpv://youtu.be/1akLeNYLtJ8
The Bible Week 6
Reliability of the Bible, What do we mean by Reliability? Psalms 12:6, Psalms 19:7, word vs meaning, Should we use a translation?, KJV only?, Tests for Reliability, Bibliographical test, Old Testament manuscripts, Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Isaiah 53:11.
Note: A problem with the camera lost the ending of this class.
httpv://youtu.be/ID7gIXiTGjg
