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F.F. Bruce, "The Early Church in the Roman Empire," The Bible Student(Bangalore, India), 56 (March-April 1933): 30-32. of the Christian world. With the establishment of a Christian community in this centre of Greek Civilization began the Church’s connection as such with the Empire, about the year 44. While the Church had been composed of Jews ...
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The word, “men spoke from God, being borne by the Holy Spirit” (v. 21), has a twofold meaning: first, men were borne by the Spirit; second, men spoke from God. In the original Greek, being borne by the Holy Spirit means being carried along as a ship by the wind. The Bible is God’s speaking in the prophets and in the Son—Heb. 1:1-2:
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4 Paul identifies the impetus for such love vv. 11-14. 4 Saints are to “put off deeds of darkness” and “put on the armor of light” vv. 12-13. 4 Darkness is sought because of sin Jn 3:19-21. 4 God equips His people for the light Eph 6:10-17. 4 Sins of “excess” (alcohol, sex) must be avoided v. 13.
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replica of the Greco-Roman civilization. It is not by accident that the New Testament is written in the Greek language. This is a demonstration of the Greek civilization that permeated the entire Palestine at the time. The agenda of the Greek lords at the time was the spread of Greek civilization, religion, and language.
BIBLE LANDS NOTES: The Roman Period 1 The Roman PeriodThe Roman Period The Roman Period: 63 B.C. - 96 A.D. (159 years) A. Pompey takes Palestine and Jerusalem. 63 B.C. B. The first Triumvirate: Pompey, Julius Caesar, and Crassus. 60 - 40 B.C. (14 years) 1. John Hyrcanus II. 63 - 40 B.C. (23 years) 2. Julius Caesar murdered. 44 B.C. C.
academic study of the Bible means in the twenty- rst century. It explores our ever-increasing knowledge and understanding of the social world that produced the biblical texts, but also analyses aspects of the Bible’s role in the history of our civilization and the many perspectives – not just religious and theological, but
In the four-part study course Discovering Genesis, the late David Neiman, professor of Jewish theology at. Boston College, expertly guides you through the book’s first 11 chapters—from the. story of creation to the Tower of Babel—to examine how the biblical writers grappled.
