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Anointing With Oil
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September 8, 2021
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“A Biblical practice meaning someone is sanctified or set apart. There’s a great deal of information about what the practice signifies and symbolizes, but very little about any original reason for the practice. Things that are symbolic are usually rooted it some practical purpose, but I could find…”

Antediluvian
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March 24, 2023
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“ This technically means ‘before the Great Flood.’ ‘Diluvial’ means ‘related to a flood.’ But, over the years, it’s become a synonym for ‘old’ or ‘ancient,’ when used to refer to non-historical things. ‘Diluvian’ means ‘related to or brought about by a flood’ and ‘ante’ is the prefix for ‘before.’ ”

Biblical Lifespans
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January 14, 2022
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“In the Old Testament, several people are stated to have lived almost 1,000 years. Is this literal, figurative, or a mistake? One theory says that a simple translation error caused months to be counted as years. If someone was said to have died at 950 years, it was really 950 months , which is 79…”

Disputed Books of the Bible
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November 22, 2021
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“There are dozens of books, chapters, and gospels that were once included in the Hebrew Bible, or that various scholars believe should be included. Some of these books have questionable attribution, or were written by groups that eventually came to be considered heretical. Others are accepted only…”

Moloch
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June 15, 2023
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“This is commonly considered to be a pagan God from the Old Testament. (Note: the spelling is quite variant.) Leviticus 18:21 Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. 1 Kings 11:7 On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon…”

Pericope
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October 28, 2024
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“ This is more commonly known as a ‘parable’ – it’s a story or anecdote from a scriptural text which forms a thematic whole, even if it’s non-contiguous. Appropriately, it’s ancient Greek for ‘cutting out.’ ”

Pericope Adulteræ
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October 28, 2024
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“What is called the ‘Pericope Adulteræ’ are the versus from John 7:53 to John 8:11. In this section, John recounts the story of Jesus saving an adulterous woman from stoning, telling the angry crowd, ‘Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’ (A more common…”

Sheba
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“This is an ancient kingdom thought to exist in the southern Arabia or Eastern Africa. In the Hebrew Bible, Sheba and her queen are mentioned in 1 Kings, Chapter 10: When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard…”