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bibleinterp.arizona.edu
[AI summary] The text explores the diverse beliefs about death and the afterlife in ancient Near Eastern cultures, particularly focusing on Jewish and early Christian traditions during the Second Temple Period. It highlights how various communities addressed theodicy, the problem of evil, by proposing that the righteous would be rewarded and the wicked punished in the afterlife. The discussion includes different views on resurrection, immortality, and eternal life, with references to key texts like the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and the New Testament. The text also notes the influence of Greek philosophy on Jewish thought, as seen in figures like Philo of Alexandria, and how these ideas shaped early Christian doctrines, particularly the belief in Jesus' resu... |
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theologos.site
"Gospel" simply means "good news", and Christianity has an extremely straightforward message: That's really it. There are many evangelistic approaches to it, but it all distills down more-or-less to that same set of ideas, told through four (or maybe five) humble angles to specific target audiences: The scope and style of the message wasn't designed [...]Read More... from The Simple Gospel, and Why Nobody Takes It Well |
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www.byzantineambassador.com
It would be an error to treat the Christian story as merely the gradual sedimentation of various Greek philosophies narrowing and ossifying the range of interpretations that could be legitimately extrapolated from the actions of a Jewish theanthropos. Such a treatment has a long history and is based mainly on the schadenfreude secular scholarship has gleaned from caricaturing theological resolutions as the products of Roman political theatre, and celebrating the religion practised by Judaeans i |
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annikaperry.com
Dear Friends! Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas/ holiday season filled with love, light and laughter! Likes so many, I'm taking a short break and will be back in the New Year! Look forward to seeing you all then! |
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