A Perennial Digression

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YHWH and Christ Among the Gods

YHWH and Christ Among the Gods

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Oculi: Jesus, the Stronger Man Conquers Satan, the Strong Man with the  Finger of God - Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Let me put this as bluntly as I can: yes, of course there is pagan influence in the collection of texts that Jews and Christians collectively and separately refer to as “Scripture” or “the Bible.”

There exists a list of points of academic consensus about the development of the religious trajectory we variously identify as ancient Israelite, Early Jewish…

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