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Believe it or not, this is the exact place where Luther first posted the 94 thesis. We convinced him to add one.
This is the forum where the Church and its actions in history can be discussed. Since CH201, like the other fora in the History department, is not limited to participation along lines of theology, all may post here. This means that anything like Ecclesiology can be discussed without the restrictions of the Ecclesiology forum, and without the atmosphere of Ecclesiology 201 or the Apologetics-specific forum.
Please keep the Campus Decorum in mind when posting here--while 'belief' restrictions are not in place, common decency is and such is not the area to try disembowel anyone's faith.
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Originally posted by seanD View PostThe parenthesis is an oddity for sure.
A man in the psychiatric ward thinks he is dead. The psychiatrist tries to convince him he isn't.
"Do dead men feel pain?" asks the doctor
"Of course not!" says the patient.
The doctor sticks him with a needle.
"Ow!!" says the patient.
"See, you aren't dead! You felt pain!" says the doctor.
"Well, what do you know! Dead people CAN feel pain!" exclaims the patient.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostThis thread reminds me of an old joke.
A man in the psychiatric ward thinks he is dead. The psychiatrist tries to convince him he isn't.
"Do dead men feel pain?" asks the doctor
"Of course not!" says the patient.
The doctor sticks him with a needle.
"Ow!!" says the patient.
"See, you aren't dead! You felt pain!" says the doctor.
"Well, what do you know! Dead people CAN feel pain!" exclaims the patient.
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Originally posted by seanD View PostOnly some of the material doesn't perfectly align with the gospels. There are some conflicts. The second letter of Caiaphas aligns with the gospels almost ridiculously so.Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostSure. Impious forgers (or ignorant pious forgers, or heretical pious forgers) are likely to include some conflicts. In the case of impious forgers, they're looking to sow doubt on the biblical narrative. In the case of heretical forgers, they're looking to bolster their heresy.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostThere is even one place where he uses the word "alma" and then in parenthesis mentions it's the hebrew word for virgin.
Almah means a young woman. Bethulah is the Hebrew for virgin.
However, it should be noted that in both the Greek and Hebrew parlance of the Jews the term “virgin” was used flexibly. It was certainly not confined to denoting men and women without experience of sexual intercourse."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostHe did not know his Hebrew either then.
Almah means a young woman. Bethulah is the Hebrew for virgin.
However, it should be noted that in both the Greek and Hebrew parlance of the Jews the term “virgin” was used flexibly. It was certainly not confined to denoting men and women without experience of sexual intercourse.
So "almah" does seem to imply virginity.
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Originally posted by lee_merrill View Post
So "almah" does seem to imply virginity.
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In Hebrew, biblical and rabbinic, the term bethulah can indicate virgo intacta. The Pentateuch thus describes Rebecca as a very pretty girl, a virgin whom no man has known. The rabbis also explain that a virgin is a woman who has never had sexual intercourse.
Nevertheless, another well-established usage of bethulah associates virginity, not with absence of sexual experience, but with an inability to conceive. A virgin is a girl who has not yet attained puberty. This sort of “virginity” ends, not with intercourse, but with menstruation.
Asking “Who is a virgin?” the two earliest rabbinic codes, the Mishnah and the Tosephta, answer:
“Whoever has never seen blood even though she is married.”
The Tosephta, reflecting the teaching of the late 1st century CE. Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus adds:
“I call a virgin whoever has not seen blood, even though she is married and has had children, until she has seen the first show.”
The Palestinian Talmud goes even further:
Who is a virgin? According to the Mishnah, whoever has never seen blood even though she is married. – She is said to be a virgin in respect of menstruation but not a virgin in respect of the token of virginity. Sometimes she is a virgin in the latter respect, but not a virgin in respect of menstruation.
It was possible, the evidence shows, for a girl to marry and cohabit with her husband before reaching puberty. In fact, it appears to have happened often enough to give rise to a dispute between the two leading rabbinic schools of the 1st century CE, on the subject of whether a bloodstain on the wedding night of a minor [i.e. a virgin in respect of menstruation] should be attributed to the rupture of the hymen or to her first period.
The more rigorous House of Shammai settled for the first alternative for the first four nights only. The House of Hillel decided similarly but until the healing of the wound.
Another consequence of such a state of affairs was that a girl could conceive while still a “virgin” in respect of menstruation, i.e. at the moment of her first ovulation. She could thus become a “virgin mother” of several children!"It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostHe did not know his Hebrew either then.
Almah means a young woman. Bethulah is the Hebrew for virgin.
However, it should be noted that in both the Greek and Hebrew parlance of the Jews the term “virgin” was used flexibly. It was certainly not confined to denoting men and women without experience of sexual intercourse.
My point was that this guy is a phony because if he was genuinely translating a letter from Hebrew, why would he leave a Hebrew word in the translation instead of just translating it? The whole thing is so obviously a fake for many reasons.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostGood point. But, it could be like in English where we sometimes use the word "maiden" to mean "virgin." but the technical meaning of "maiden" is just "young girl."
My point was that this guy is a phony because if he was genuinely translating a letter from Hebrew, why would he leave a Hebrew word in the translation instead of just translating it? The whole thing is so obviously a fake for many reasons."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostOh I agree that one finds many "wackos" around, particularly when it comes to religion.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostYeah we tend to get a lot of nutty atheists around here who seem to have OCD and it seems their entire lives revolve around something they claim they don't even believe in.
Not being a believer does not prevent an individual having an academic interest in the history and comparative study of religions."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostOf course the dispassionate and critical historical analysis of texts and the socio-historical context in which they were composed is altogether something quite different.
Not being a believer does not prevent an individual having an academic interest in the history and comparative study of religions.Last edited by Sparko; 07-10-2020, 12:51 PM.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostYeah we tend to get a lot of nutty atheists around here who seem to have OCD and it seems their entire lives revolve around something they claim they don't even believe in.
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