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Tag: Second Temple Judaism
Second Temple Jewish historical and interpretive context.
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The Rationality of Revelation
Logic serves the reception of revelation without becoming a standard above God. This study distinguishes mystery from contradiction and rationality from rationalism while locating valid reasoning within the Logos and the biblical promise-plan.
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Adam’s Royal Mandate: The Creation Blueprint, Cosmic Sanctuary, and the Teleological Arc of the Promise-Plan
Genesis 1:26–28 establishes humanity’s royal and priestly vocation within God’s creation. This study traces blessing, seed, and land through the promise-plan to the Last Adam while preserving the dignity of every image-bearer.
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The Hellenistic Matrix and the Word Made Greek
The Septuagint emerged within Hellenistic Jewish life and became a major scriptural resource for the New Testament. This study examines its Alexandrian setting, translation models, textual plurality, and role in the promise-plan.
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From Enemy Combatant to Royal Priest: Conversion, Vocational Formation, and the Promise-Plan Architecture of a Recovered Hebraic Apologetic
Marc Bates’s movement from Jewish anti-missionary polemics to Christian teaching is examined as vocational reassignment within the biblical promise-plan.
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The Markan Kaleidoscope: Apocalyptic Combat, Hidden Glory, and the Parabolic Inbreaking of the Kingdom within the Promise-Plan of God
Mark’s Strong, Hidden, and Suffering Messiah converge in parables that reveal God’s kingdom advancing through secrecy, vulnerability, and promised harvest.
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Exegeting the Apostle of Liberty: Paul, Second Temple Judaism, and Female Authority
Paul’s statements about women are read within Second Temple Judaism, Roman social conditions, epistolary context, and the shared vocation of image-bearing co-heirs.
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Why Satan Quoted Psalm 91: Second Temple Demonology, the Wilderness Contest, and the Promise-Plan of God
Satan’s quotation of Psalm 91 is examined through Qumran, Second Temple demonology, Davidic expectation, and Jesus’ wilderness victory.
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Al-Masīḥ: The Divine Messiah—A Biblical-Theological Analysis of Messianic Identity, Inlibration versus Incarnation, and Intertextual Polemics in Christian–Muslim Encounter
The Qurʾānic title Al-Masīḥ is traced back through its Jewish and biblical meanings to test whether it can be reduced to an undefined honorific.
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The Historical Bedrock and Theological Architecture of Jesus the Healer: Historiography, Exegesis, and the Promise-Plan of Redemption
Jesus’ reputation as healer and exorcist is examined as historical bedrock and as a canonical sign of the inbreaking kingdom.
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Proclaiming the Inbreaking Reign: Homiletical Decisions, Canonical Integrity, and the Theological Referent in Jesus’ Parables
Jesus’ parables proclaim the active, inbreaking reign of God rather than functioning merely as literary puzzles, moral illustrations, or worldview-disrupting metaphors.