Category Archives: Scripture

Scholar emphasizes New Testament’s Jewish roots

A brief article http://usat.ly/xF1UjS  that points to the effort among scholars to create a much needed mutual understanding of people of different faiths; in this case, between persons of the Jewish and Christian faiths.  After all, Jesus was a Jew, … Continue reading

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Session Fourteen – Held on Sunday, January 22, 2012

Discussion of Sources of our Different Opinions Our group easily recognizes that people have different opinions on a whole array of things.  Some of those differences are matters of true and false, right and wrong.  And these kinds of differences … Continue reading

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Catholic Statements on Faith and Science and on the Authorship of the Biblical Account of Noah and the Flood

I wish to respond in a thoughtful way to the comments that address the very approach being taken in our adult study of the scripture. The comment http://rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com/?p=317#comments seem to make a number of assumptions.  I think one is that a … Continue reading

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Session Thirteen – Held on Sunday, January 15, 2012

Discussion of Website Comments The group discussed briefly the content of a comment concerning the literal interpretation of the biblical account of Noah and the Flood.  The group as a whole has found the adult study effort to be worthwhile … Continue reading

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Noah and the Flood – told twice

One of the most significant findings of modern scriptural studies of the first five books of the bible has been the recognition that it has been told by different authors, in different places, at different times with all that that … Continue reading

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The Economist on Scriptural Criticism – Dec. 31, 2011 from Printed Edition

As we prepare to return next Sunday to our study of the Book of Genesis focusing on Noah and the story of the flood, I thought this article, a brief account, from their printed edition, let’s us know that our … Continue reading

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