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Religious Studies: Biblical studies

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Reflections on the historical and human aspects of religion. One of the major projects of this blog is to assemble a collection of articles on biblical studies, drawing on modern critical Bible scholarship. Codex Sinaiticus, a major early text of the Bible. What follows is an index of such articles posted to date. The Old Testament (Hebrew Bible). El, Yahweh and the development of monotheism in ancient Israel. Reflections on the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Notes on the Pentateuch. Women in St Paul.

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Religious Studies: June 2014

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Reflections on the historical and human aspects of religion. Sunday, 22 June 2014. Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon - Part 2. For Part 1, please see here. The Church of Christ, as it was originally called, was established on 6 April 1830.  In later years, Smith would claim that the biblical figure John the Baptist had appeared and ordained him to the Aaronic priesthood in 1829, but this was another story that he appears to have come up with ex post facto. Wednesday, 11 June 2014.

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Religious Studies: April 2015

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Reflections on the historical and human aspects of religion. Wednesday, 22 April 2015. Review of "Mormonism Unvailed" by E.B. Howe (edited by Dan Vogel). EB Howes  Mormonism Unvailed. 160;Vogel has provided an introduction and detailed notes to the text. Saturday, 18 April 2015. Review of "The Rocky Mountain Saints" by T B H Stenhouse. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Review of Mormonism Unvailed by E.B. Howe (edite. Review of The Rocky Mountain Saints by T B H Ste. The end of The Counter-Enlightenment.

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Religious Studies: Sex and gender

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Reflections on the historical and human aspects of religion. This blog includes a growing body of articles on issues of gender and sexuality in religious traditions, particularly that of Catholicism. This summary article might be a good place to start:. Traditional Catholic theology on gender and sexuality. Giotto, 'The Marriage in Cana'. Biblical and patristic texts on marriage and sex. Traditional Catholic theology on the basis and purpose of marriage. A matrimonial case from 1868. Women in St Paul.

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Religious Studies: Three books by Bart Ehrman

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Reflections on the historical and human aspects of religion. Wednesday, 8 July 2015. Three books by Bart Ehrman. Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium. How Jesus Became God. Ehrman wrote Did Jesus Exist? In Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium. In How Jesus Became God. Ehrman fills in the last part of the story - how theological reflection led to the development of the conception of Jesus as divine, Deum de Deo; lumen de lumine; Deum verum de Deo vero. Three books by Bart Ehrman.

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Religious Studies: The apocalypse

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Reflections on the historical and human aspects of religion. A number of the articles on this blog relate to the subjects of apocalypticism and eschatology - beliefs about what is going to happen at the end of the world. This is the best place to start: Apocalyptic beliefs - A summary. Francis Danby, "The Opening of the Sixth Seal". John the Baptist, apocalyptic literature and the Day of Yahweh. Apocalyptic literature in the Old Testament. Apocalyptic literature in the New Testament. The lost Golden Age.

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Religious Studies: Three books on Shariah law

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Reflections on the historical and human aspects of religion. Thursday, 4 June 2015. Three books on Shariah law. The first book that I want to cover in this post is Shariah: The Islamic Law. By Abdur Rahman I. Doi. This is a detailed textbook of the principles and rules of traditional Sunni Shariah. Such textbooks seem to be rather unusual in the English language. Or the consensus of legal experts; and qiyas. A more Western-friendly presentation of Shariah is found in Shari'ah Law: An Introduction. Kamali...

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Religious Studies: Historical Jesus

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Reflections on the historical and human aspects of religion. One of the projects of this blog is to build up a collection of articles on the historical Jesus, drawing on modern critical Bible scholarship. The best place to start for my views on the historical Jesus is this overview:. The historical Jesus - a summary. Here is an introductory article on the scholarly quest for the historical Jesus:. The Quest for the Historical Jesus. Three books by Bart Ehrman. Titles of Jesus in the New Testament.

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Religious Studies: July 2015

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Reflections on the historical and human aspects of religion. Wednesday, 8 July 2015. Three books by Bart Ehrman. Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium. How Jesus Became God. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Three books by Bart Ehrman. The Great Deception, Christopher Booker and Richard North. The end of The Counter-Enlightenment. Ethereal template. Powered by Blogger.