Today I wanna show you a quick trick you can use to determine whether your Bible was translated from the original Hebrew texts (the Tanach) OR the Greek or Latin Bibles (the Septuagint). So all you gotta do is look at where the Book of Ruth is located in your Bibles. If Ruth is located […]
R-INTRO-8: Aramaic Was NOT A Later Language That Was Only Used In The NT Era
Let’s continue on with our discussion about how language helps us determine when a given Biblical book was written. Today I’m gonna shift our focus to the Biblical language itself: Hebrew. The first question that comes to mind is… Is Biblical Hebrew quite different than the modern Hebrew spoken in the land today? The answer […]
R-INTRO-7: The Unbreakable Link Between Language And History
“Back in the days when the judges were judging, at a time when there was a famine in the land, a certain man from Beit-Lechem went to live in the territory of Mo’av — he, his wife and his two sons.”-Ruth 1:1 Yesterday we talked about the when the events of Ruth took place. Today […]
R-INTRO-6: When Did The Events In Ruth Occur?
“Back in the days when the judges were judging, at a time when there was a famine in the land, a certain man from Beit-Lechem went to live in the territory of Mo’av — he, his wife and his two sons.”-Ruth 1:1 Scholars often argue about when Ruth was written. But there is zero argument […]
R-INTRO-5: Why Most Christian Scholars Avoid Ruth Like The Plague
One can easily be fooled into thinking Ruth is an easy book to get through because it’s so short… But that’s not the case at all. The truth is this most Christian scholars avoid Ruth like the plague. Why? Because it turns out this tiny 4-chapter book has a very complex structure and theology that […]