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Seven Sages and Revelation 16:5
The Precepts of the Seven Sages (or “Sentences of the Seven Sages” or “Injunctions of the Seven Sages“) is a collection of concise wisdom. There are nearly 150 statements in list, and seems to cover various moral and ethical rules in the form of maxims or gnomic commands. They are thought to originate around the…
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Verbs and Biblical Exegesis – Two Examples
I recently came across the following paragraph that captures an issue that turns out to be significant for exegesis as it relates to Calvinism and also to Hell. Any event can be construed from a variety of perspectives. While this flexibility is fundamental to human ingenuity, it poses a challenge for language learners who must…