When God Spoke Greek: The Septuagint and the Making of Western Civilization Timothy Michael Law
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Moreover, the same Churches that Charlton condemns provided centuries and centuries of healthy societies, thousands of saints, and, in summation, post-classical Western civilization! Nov 5, 2013 - Chuck Missler also brings in ancient Greek mythology to re-interpret 2 Peter 2:4-5, verses dealing with God's judgment upon the sinful angels who were “cast down to hell.” He begins Continuing in his talk, notice how Missler makes the startling claim that these legends “embody the truth.” The truth? Additional corroboration is that Cainan might have been a play on words of kainos (“time” in Greek) to hint that these elongated ages in the Septuagint were strange or kevos (“empty” in Greek) (Mortenson and Ury 2008, p. Nov 28, 2012 - The young-earth creationist interpretation states that God created humanity on Day Six of the Creation event and that God and the biblical writers left textual clues throughout the Bible to delimit the age of humanity within a relatively tight historical .. Obviously, Jesus makes Christianity unique, but what's unique about Jesus? In saying Like any great liberal, she empathises with the sorrowful fates of these new dissidents: people who do not believe in Global Warming or Darwinism, who resist the charms of homosexuality, and the silent majority who still trust in God. Jan 29, 2013 - Since the Bible is God speaking to us it is adequate to save man, and traditional Christianity does not to be adjusted. Mar 3, 2012 - Phillip purports to be a conservative, friendly to Christians, and for all the good, solid values of Western Civilization, but she supports the very tribalist structure and power that perpetrates the destruction of the West. This story of exodus is the corner .. They say that Moses spoke to a burning bush . Jan 3, 2013 - The language is similar to that of an internal U.S. Apr 22, 2011 - The ancient Egyptian civilization which sprouted along the banks of the river Nile, had been mostly of religious and ethical legacy that heavily influenced the way religion had evolved on earth. That some Christians still speak Greek [yeah, yeah, it's not koine, but still!]? Feb 1, 2012 - I have friends who actually believe God dictated the bible to a lot of people but only the real significent stuff was included . This inadvertent oversight from the translators of the Quran had deprived western scholars from raising authentic arguments to the conflicting information they inherited from the Greek Torah via the Christian church. The study of mythology has been part of a Classical Education for thousands of years, especially to understand Western civilization, the arts and sciences. Feb 16, 2013 - (15) So I went by night and fought against it from the break of dawn until noon, taking it and slaying all, seven thousand men, boys, women, girls and maid-servants, for I had devoted them to destruction for (the god) Ashtar-Chemosh. Mar 18, 2010 - The Book of Mormon purports to be a history of the ancient inhabitants of the western hemisphere (Title Page).1 It proclaims a civilization of literate2 city- and road-builders, craftsmen, metallurgists, husbandmen, explorers, and warriors3; and of faithful .