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Emelie
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'As for divine origins, well let's just say that it might be an act of grace to *not* ascribe various books of the Hebrew Bible to God or the Holy Spirit. For if those texts were indeed written, didacted, or inspired by a heavenly author, then His literary competence, not to mention His sanity, would frequently be questioned.'
— Sep 30, 2021 02:37AM
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Emelie
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'Let us never underestimate how much havoc a skilled exegete can wreak on a dominant reading when blessed by a peculiar and poorly attested word.'
— Oct 12, 2021 01:21AM
Emelie
is on page 83 of 232
'we are not interested in taking a particular side in contemporary political debates that invoke biblical authority. Let us qualify that once more: the side we take is the one that points to the ironies and impossibilities of coherently invoking this anthology in contemporary political debates.'
— Oct 08, 2021 03:17AM
Emelie
is on page 75 of 232
'But is it not the goal of academic inquiry to portray the words of historical documents as accurately as possible? Should scholars willfully mistranslate an unintelligible passage from Scripture in deference to an unspoken conviction that Scripture ultimately makes sense?'
— Oct 07, 2021 11:04AM
Emelie
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'A biblical scholar is a person who has devoted his or her life to reasoning with a madman.'
Tell us how you really feel.
— Sep 29, 2021 05:41AM
Tell us how you really feel.
