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Paul’s Use of Genesis 15:5 in Romans 4:18 in Light of Early Jewish Deification Traditions: Part 6: Origen’s Commentary on Romans 4 and the Reception of the Qualitative Interpretation

by drmsheiser | May 26, 2017 | Astral prophecy, featured

This is the final installment of David Burnett's guest series. This reading of Genesis 15:5 may appear novel yet it has an ancient antecedent in one of the earliest commentaries on Romans. Origen believed that in Romans 4, Paul did in fact understand the Abrahamic...

Why Study Ancient Texts Outside the Bible?

by drmsheiser | Sep 3, 2013 | Apocrypha, featured

It may seem amiss for this blog to recommend the reading and study of books external to the Bible - anything "non-canonical" or "uninspired." Actually, it isn't. This blog is called the Naked Bible because I want to present the Bible unfiltered through creeds and...

The Location of Mount Sinai and the “Yahweh’s March from the South” Passages: An Addendum to the Naked Bible Podcast Episode

by drmsheiser | Mar 8, 2019 | Biblical History, featured

[Note: I added the material at the bottom about Rephidim. It relates to the "march from the South" and I forgot it the first time. - MSH] Those of you who follow the Naked Bible Podcast know that recently we covered Exodus 3:1 in three episodes. That verse says: “Now...