Posts by Christen Coulter
Enoch: Its History and Role in New Testament Understanding
Introduction Second Temple Judaism was the context in which the New Testament texts were penned, and studying the non-canonical Jewish literature produced during this era can help bring greater understanding to those texts.1 Richard Bauckham strongly suggests that “Only someone who understands early Judaism for its own sake will be able to use Jewish texts…
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Introduction Water is essential to life and all forms of life depend on it to survive. Not only does water sustain all forms of life physically, but the liturgical and spiritual use of water is common in both the Jewish and Christian worlds. From the time the Torah was given to the present day, the…
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