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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…
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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?…
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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…