Christadelphian Answers
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The Christadelphians are a non-Trinitarian (Socinian), millenarian sect founded in the 19th Century. This site will link to resources of interest for believers seeking to maintain a rational, non-fundamentalist faith in a post-Christian society.
Cognitive linguist Dan McClellan yet again puts to rest allegations his theological background compromises his scholarship. This is unfortunately a crude form of ad hominem to which some Christadelphians have stooped.
Responding to continued accusations of Mormon dogma #maklelan2867
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
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August 31, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Cognitive linguist Dan McClellan yet again puts to rest allegations his theological background compromises his scholarship. This is unfortunately a crude form of ad hominem to which some Christadelphians have stooped.
Definitely a book anyone interested in the religious history of Judeans will want to get.
𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗵𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗺:
Judean Cult and Culture during the Early Hellenistic Period (332–175 BCE)
Expected online publication date: October 9th.
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Judean Cult and Culture during the Early Hellenistic Period (332–175 BCE)
Expected online publication date: October 9th.
cambridge.org/core/element...
August 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Definitely a book anyone interested in the religious history of Judeans will want to get.
I have avoided addressing the evolution - creation debate for the same reason I avoid the flat earth debate; it is incredible anyone today denies evolution, much less an old earth. Occasional posts highlighting creationists idiocy are useful though.
Book Review: The Endogenous Retrovirus Handbook by Donny B. (SFT)
YouTube video by Creation Myths
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August 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I have avoided addressing the evolution - creation debate for the same reason I avoid the flat earth debate; it is incredible anyone today denies evolution, much less an old earth. Occasional posts highlighting creationists idiocy are useful though.
Randal Rauser on the poisonous evangelical justification for genocide in the conquest narratives. Add MAGA / Christian nationalism to the mix and you have the possibility of Evangelical defence of contemporary atrocities.
The Dangerous Arguments of the Christian Apologists
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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August 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Randal Rauser on the poisonous evangelical justification for genocide in the conquest narratives. Add MAGA / Christian nationalism to the mix and you have the possibility of Evangelical defence of contemporary atrocities.
On the relationship between YHWH and Asherah over time.
Answering a question about Asherah & YHWH
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
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August 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
On the relationship between YHWH and Asherah over time.
Missed this when it was announced a month earlier. Anything associatred with Dr Baden is an automatic buy.
Just received the first printing of my new volume of collected essays:
August 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Missed this when it was announced a month earlier. Anything associatred with Dr Baden is an automatic buy.
More on the divine council and the Bible. Monotheism as we know it today differs from what is in the Hebrew Bible.
August 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
More on the divine council and the Bible. Monotheism as we know it today differs from what is in the Hebrew Bible.
"The poems in the Torah are stylistically, theologically, and linguistically different from the prose narratives surrounding them...all of which suggest that they are ancient remnants of earlier Israelite literature."
More below.
More below.
Remnants of Archaic Hebrew Poetry Embedded in the Torah - TheTorah.com
The poems in the Torah are stylistically, theologically, and linguistically different from the prose narratives surrounding them. They include traces of earlier dialects of Hebrew, Ancient Near Easter...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"The poems in the Torah are stylistically, theologically, and linguistically different from the prose narratives surrounding them...all of which suggest that they are ancient remnants of earlier Israelite literature."
More below.
More below.
A concise overview of how the motivated layperson can properly research subjects related to the Bible.
How do you “Google competently”?
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
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August 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A concise overview of how the motivated layperson can properly research subjects related to the Bible.
One of the rhetorical tricks of the worst kind of Christian apologist is to argue that because something is not impossible, it could have happened and therefore no contradiction exists. The example of Luke’s reference to the census of Quirinius is an excellent example of this.
Is this a real Bible contradiction?
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
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August 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM
One of the rhetorical tricks of the worst kind of Christian apologist is to argue that because something is not impossible, it could have happened and therefore no contradiction exists. The example of Luke’s reference to the census of Quirinius is an excellent example of this.
Something good appears in Logos.
The Apostolic Fathers (Ancient Literature for New Testament Studies)
Ancient Literature for New Testament Studies is a multivolume series that seeks to introduce key ancient texts that form the cultural, historical, and literary context for the study of the New Testame...
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July 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Something good appears in Logos.
Logos have recently released a few books (or announced them via prepub).
1. The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research: Emanuel Tov
1. The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research: Emanuel Tov
The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research, 3rd rev. and exp. ed.
This handbook provides a practical guide for the student and scholar alike who wishes to use the Septuagint (LXX) in the text-critical analysis of the Hebrew Bible. It does not serve as another theore...
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July 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Logos have recently released a few books (or announced them via prepub).
1. The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research: Emanuel Tov
1. The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research: Emanuel Tov
Looks good.
Hot off the press, by my friend Dr. Yoav Farhi:
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 (𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘊𝘌–𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘌)
To order copies, write to Dr. Farhi directly: yoavf@eretzmuseum.org.il
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 (𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘊𝘌–𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘌)
To order copies, write to Dr. Farhi directly: yoavf@eretzmuseum.org.il
July 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Looks good.
The death of a false prophet.
John MacArthur met his own definition of a false prophet – Baptist News Global
MacArthur’s fundamental understanding of reality was about his own ascension to power, and it absolutely pervaded everything.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The death of a false prophet.
I’ve been emphatic on the need for our community to place a chasm between ourselves and conservative American evangelicals given their regressive social views. This is one of the more egregious examples of what I mean.
July 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I’ve been emphatic on the need for our community to place a chasm between ourselves and conservative American evangelicals given their regressive social views. This is one of the more egregious examples of what I mean.
This looks very promising:
“And now the fourth study Bible to be published by OUP: The Ancient Christian Study Bible: The Bible of the First Millennium AD.”
“And now the fourth study Bible to be published by OUP: The Ancient Christian Study Bible: The Bible of the First Millennium AD.”
Holy Cross Dean Fr. Eugen J. Pentiuc Co-Editing "The Ancient Christian Study Bible" - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church
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July 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This looks very promising:
“And now the fourth study Bible to be published by OUP: The Ancient Christian Study Bible: The Bible of the First Millennium AD.”
“And now the fourth study Bible to be published by OUP: The Ancient Christian Study Bible: The Bible of the First Millennium AD.”
There’s an apologetics video circulating looking at the question of how much of the NT exists in the earliest manuscripts. As NT scholar C. J. Cornthwaite shows, this video is problematic.
No, that doesn't fix the manuscript gap - #apologetics
YouTube video by C. J. Cornthwaite
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July 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
There’s an apologetics video circulating looking at the question of how much of the NT exists in the earliest manuscripts. As NT scholar C. J. Cornthwaite shows, this video is problematic.
Historian and atheist Tim O'Neill interviews Thomas Schmidt on the Testimonium Flavianum who regards it as substantially authentic.
Interview - Dr Thomas C. Schmidt on Josephus' Testimonium - History for Atheists
My guest today is Dr Thomas C. Schmidt of Fairfield University. Tom has just published an interesting new book through Oxford University Press: Josephus and Jesus – New Evidence for the One Called Chr...
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July 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Historian and atheist Tim O'Neill interviews Thomas Schmidt on the Testimonium Flavianum who regards it as substantially authentic.
Legends of giants found in the Bible and other books may come from ancient encounters with fossils.
“There We Saw the Giants”—Premodern Encounters with Giant Bones - TheTorah.com
Greek, Roman, Christian, and Jewish authors described discovering enormous bones buried just beneath the earth’s surface and interpreted them through their own lenses: Greeks and Romans saw mythic her...
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July 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Legends of giants found in the Bible and other books may come from ancient encounters with fossils.
AI and source criticism.
Revealing Hidden Language Patterns in the Bible, With the Help of AI
AI is transforming every industry, from medicine to film to finance. So, why not use it to study one of the world’s most revered ancient texts, the Bible?
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July 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
AI and source criticism.
We are traditionally a community that remains apolitical, a position that I support. Being apolitical does not mean we cannot condemn injustice. Remaining silent is exactly the same as endorsement. Some things are just wrong and should be condemned.
Brent Molnar: Voice of Reason
🕊️✝️ When ICE Raids Churches, It’s Not Just Immigration Policy—It’s Persecution Policy…
They said they’d never come for the Christians. That ICE would never touch the churches. That asylum meant...
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June 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
We are traditionally a community that remains apolitical, a position that I support. Being apolitical does not mean we cannot condemn injustice. Remaining silent is exactly the same as endorsement. Some things are just wrong and should be condemned.
Future generations will rightly denounce the vandalism of higher education and its conversion into technical education to serve the “needs of the economy.”
"The departments of ancient history, religion and theology will shut"
I'm increasingly reaching a point, where I have zero patience or nuance left for these managerial butchers, eying up Humanities as yet another healthy body that should be turned into a cadaver with the bluntest cleaver possible.
I'm increasingly reaching a point, where I have zero patience or nuance left for these managerial butchers, eying up Humanities as yet another healthy body that should be turned into a cadaver with the bluntest cleaver possible.
Cardiff University agrees sweeping cuts that will see entire departments shut
Cardiff University's council chair Pat Younge told staff and students the savings were 'painful but necessary'
www.walesonline.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Future generations will rightly denounce the vandalism of higher education and its conversion into technical education to serve the “needs of the economy.”
Healing the Great Schism would be an event far more ground shaking than the Protestant Reformation.
BREAKING #Pope Leo XIV to #Orthodox on Commitment to Full Communion "I assure you of my desire to persevere in the effort to restore full visible communion between our Churches" FULL TEXT + Video - Vatican
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BREAKING Pope Leo XIV to Orthodox on Commitment to Full Communion "I assure you of my desire to persevere in the effort to restore full visible communion between our Churches" FULL TEXT
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June 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Healing the Great Schism would be an event far more ground shaking than the Protestant Reformation.
NT citation of the LXX is uncontroversial outside of fundamentalist communities. What many many who accept this overlook is that some theological points are contingent on these LXX translations. The implications for dictation inspiration are considerable.
June 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
NT citation of the LXX is uncontroversial outside of fundamentalist communities. What many many who accept this overlook is that some theological points are contingent on these LXX translations. The implications for dictation inspiration are considerable.
“Nevertheless, a careful look at some midrashim shows that the rabbis were, in some cases, still cognizant of variant readings and sometimes even made use of them. Even in the rabbinic period, where only the MT was considered authoritative, the influence of LXX variants still made themselves felt.”
Septuagint Variants in Midrash and the Haggadah - TheTorah.com
Why does Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba question whether the word “good” appears in the first version of the Decalogue—when the Masoretic Text (MT) clearly omits it? Why do some midrashim speak of God dividing ...
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June 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“Nevertheless, a careful look at some midrashim shows that the rabbis were, in some cases, still cognizant of variant readings and sometimes even made use of them. Even in the rabbinic period, where only the MT was considered authoritative, the influence of LXX variants still made themselves felt.”