Foster's Theological Reflections

Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses).

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

The Septuagint (LXX): In Which Greek Dialect Was It Written?

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[Fred] No one's ever been able to find a writing that we know was written in Greek that matches the NT style or the things that the LXX...
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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Two Journal Articles on Earthquakes (SEISMOI)

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Doing a little more research on the Greek word SEISMOS within a biblical context, I've found Moulton and Milligan's study of the anc...
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Friday, October 10, 2014

Aquinas--Gospel of John 1:14

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Taken from COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN (Aquinas) Part I: Chapters 1-7 translated by James A. Weisheipl, O.P. Magi Books, Inc., A...
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Tuesday, October 07, 2014

BDAG Greek-English Lexicon on SEISMOS

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Sunday, October 05, 2014

Did the Incarnate Son Undergo Change? (Thomas Torrance's Answer)

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I sent this discussion to a former professor of mine concerning T.F. Torrance's view of God, time and immutability as well as the Trinit...
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Monday, September 29, 2014

Paul Wegner Views the Old Testament as Reliable

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Kevin Giles Discusses Moltmann, Pannenberg and Catholic Views of the Trinity

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The following paper outlines what Kevin Giles writes about subordinationism in the thought of Moltmann, Pannenberg and Roman Catholic theolo...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Spirit of God and of Christ

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A number of points in the NT and Phil. 1:19 make me think that Paul is speaking of the holy spirit when he talks about "the spirit of J...
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Saturday, September 20, 2014

The Use of "Father" for God in Ancient Judaism

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Taken from my dissertation "Metaphor and Divine Paternity" which will be published (hopefully) within the next year or two: [Wal...
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Friday, September 19, 2014

Is There An Actual Difference in God Between Essence and Person (Aquinas' Answer)

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"I answer that, The truth of this question is quite clear if we consider the divine simplicity. For it was shown above (Question 3, Art...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Secular/Sacred Music and the Early Church Fathers

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This bit of information is taken from a book entitled Theology and the Arts: Encountering God through Music, Art and Rhetoric (New York/Mahm...
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Saturday, September 13, 2014

Geza Vermes' Statement on DSS and the Hebrew Bible

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I'm addressing issues of Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) reliability. See https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=ApJrWQr.0ocofKXN4MBnDCW...
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Saturday, September 06, 2014

Keeping Comments Relevant

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I love to interact with comments on my blog entries, but they need to relate to the original posts. There have been recent comments which I...
Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Archer Demonstrates That the Old Testament Is Reliable

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Taken from Gleason L. Archer, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction (Chicago: Moody Press, 1994 ed), p. 32. "Even though the two...
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How Should We Understand 2 Corinthians 5:1-5?

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A gentleman once wrote concerning 2 Cor 5:1-5: "This seems to me to be indicating that Paul's mortal body would not be abandoned,...
Monday, September 01, 2014

2 Corinthians 5:8 and the Resurrection

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Here are some points I have read about 2 Cor. 5:1-8: "But what does Paul mean in his desire not to be found naked? While most comment...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ (Philippians 1:19)

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οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι τοῦτό μοι ἀποβήσεται εἰς σωτηρίαν διὰ τῆς ὑμῶν δεήσεως καὶ ἐπιχορηγίας τοῦ πνεύματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ (Philippians 1:19) I would...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

Geza Vermes Discusses the Ancient Use of Abba

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The following post is based on Jesus in His Jewish Context written by Geza Vermes. Here is what he has to say about Jesus' use of the A...
Friday, August 29, 2014

The Grammar of Hebrews 11:11

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W-H has: Πίστει καὶ αὐτὴ Σάρρα δύναμιν εἰς καταβολὴν σπέρματος ἔλαβεν καὶ παρὰ καιρὸν ἡλικίας, ἐπεὶ πιστὸν ἡγήσατο τὸν ἐπαγγειλάμενον· for H...
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Saturday, August 23, 2014

My Updated Book Review of Michael W. Palmer's "Levels of Constituent Structure"

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Those who have studied an ancient biblical language like Greek or Latin (or Hebrew) know that genuine advancement in language learning is tr...
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I have lived in North Carolina most of my life. I love sushi, Chinese food, Pakistani and Indian food and whatever other exotic dishes I can find. I am also an incorrigible bibliophile. Reading is my hobby.
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