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The Tetragrammaton in the Early Church Fathers (with bonus material)
In the patristic period (AD 70, upon the destruction of Jerusalem, to AD 749, the death of John Damascene), three fathers, in five places, provided a Greek transliteration of the tetragrammaton. The term “tetragrammaton,” however appears to have been used even before Christ by Philo, in his “Life of Moses.” Philo seems to indicate that…
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Josephus on Pharisees on Compatibilism and Hell
Various Jewish sources of the Pharisaical (or related) stripe, provide us with useful background information on the subject of hell. Josephus, Jewish Wars, Book II, Chapter 8, Section 14: But then as to the two other orders at first mentioned, the Pharisees are those who are esteemed most skilful in the exact explication of their…