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Tag: Christiaan Kappes

  • Response to Kappes "Part 2"

     Dr. Christiaan Kappes has graciously provided a multi-part response to my previous post (here).  His first post, which dealt with mostly irrelevant matters, has been addressed in a video (here).  “Part 2” was supposed to get to the substance of the matter.  I’ve done my best to separate the wheat from the chaff.  CK: “Provided…

  • The Too Long; Didn't Read Version of Wishful Exegesis, Jephthah's daughter edition

    In case you don’t have time or interest in reading the more complete response (here), here’s a nearly twitter length response to the false claim that Luke quoted verbatim from Judges 11. 1. Luke was Quoting Mary Luke 1:39 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?…

  • Wishful Exegesis – Jephthah's Daughter and Mary Example

    There was a rather glaring error repeated over and over again in the recent debate on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary.  I don’t think it was a lie: I think the debaters believed their own book, which makes the same mistake over and over.  The error arises from the hermeneutical principle of wishful exegesis. Many…