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Ekklesia in Pre-Christian Greek Literature
The Greek word ἐκκλησία (transliterated as ekklesia in English) fundamentally meant “a duly summoned assembly or gathering” (from ἐκ “out of” + καλέω “to call”) throughout its history in pre-Christian Greek literature. This usage is thoroughly documented in classical authors (5th–4th centuries BC) long before Jesus employed it in Matthew 16:18 (spoken circa 30 AD, […]
God’s Perfect Preservation of the Old Testament Hebrew Text and the King James Version (Part Two)
Part One Most talk about the text of the Bible focuses on the New Testament. The Old Testament is much larger and yet there is less variation in extant copies of the Old Testament than the New. As well, more Christian scholars know the Greek than the Hebrew, and when they know the Hebrew, they […]
King James Bible Onlyism & No Pre-Christian LXX Ruckmanism
Peter Ruckman, King James Bible Only or King James Only extremist, denied (after a fashion) that the LXX or Greek Septuagint existed before the times of Jesus Christ. Ruckman wrote: Finally we proved, by documented attestation from dozens of sources (pp. 40–68), that no such animal as a B.C. “Septuagint” (LXX) ever existed before the […]
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