my extremely niche joke for the day:
"Elohim" corresponds to the pentagrammaton, YLHWH, or "y'allweh"

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Funny research quandary today: I wanted to make the case that a certain medieval author used a specific word in a specific passage in order to call back to a thematically similar gospel passage.

Turns out the Vulgate uses the word, but almost every single author contemporary with mine DROPS THE SPECIFIC WORD I'M LOOKING FOR when quoting the gospel passage.

#amwriting #amwritinghistory #humanities #research @medievodons #medievodons @theology #Latin #lateantiquity #biblicalstudies #philology

I’ve been thinking about how I often hear that the purpose of the law is to point you to Christ and how, big picture, that’s true… BUT it glosses over what a lot of verses say the point of the law is.

Deuteronomy 17:18-20 says the post is to learn to revere God, walk according to the law, and be humble.

Joshua 1:8 says the point is to walk differently.

Psalm 119 says the point is obedience and trust.

What others passages tells us the point of the law Scripture?

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My church has been going through a series on the Fruit of the Spirit, which has been really good. And I wrote a piece for their blog to help people think about how to grow in those fruits more practically:

https://www.cascadecrc.org/blog/how-to-bear-fruit-in-your-walk-with-god

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... Thinking about getting a NEW American Standard Bible and starting short videos reading and discussing it.

I also figure it might be an interesting thing to start with a Peertube build as I try to get back to building ideas.

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🔍 Dive into the ancient world with the Babylonian Map of the World! Discover its ties to Noah's Ark and ancient cosmology. 📜 #History #BiblicalStudies #Archaeology

https://bdking71.wordpress.com/2024/09/14/unveiling-ancient-mysteries-the-babylonian-map-of-the-world-and-its-biblical-connections/

@rightardia The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible have fascinating parallels, especially the flood story. In Gilgamesh (written around 2100 BCE), Utnapishtim is warned by the gods to build a boat and save animals from a massive flood, just like Noah in the Bible’s Genesis (written around 500–600 BCE). Both stories feature a divine warning, an ark, and a great flood. But while the Bible presents a monotheistic view, Gilgamesh involves multiple gods.

#Gilgamesh #BibleStories #NoahsArk #AncientHistory #FloodMyth #Mesopotamia #BiblicalStudies #EpicOfGilgamesh #Mythology #ReligiousTexts #Plagiarism