O.T. Studies

Issue of Borrowing

One issue that typically arises in a study of the writing and transmission of the OT 'core' material, is that of 'borrowing'. This issue concerns to what extent the OT writers 'borrowed' ideas, theology, laws, religious practices from their 'pagan' neighbors, maybe even to the point of being dependent on those pagan ideas. There are those who claim...

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Hittite Treaty forms

The ANE (Ancient Near East) of the second millennium utilized a treaty form that has come to be called the Hittite vassal treaty. This treaty format had a VERY specific structure, with little or no variability in the order of those elements. It was pervasive in the ANE throughout the 2nd millennium, and an earlier form of it can be found in the 3rd...

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The Seventh-day Sabbath

The Feasts of Israel; The Seventh-day Sabbath foreshadows the "rest" that is yet to come to the righteous in the Kingdom of Yahshua. [O. T. Studies] [Bible History]...

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What Is in a Name?

Names, and Names of God; "The importance of names becomes clear when the Creator brought forth all living things to be named."[O. T. Studies] [Bible History]...

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Passover

The Feasts of Israel; Passover announced the death of the Messiah, Yahshua. [O. T. Studies] [Bible History]...

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Unleavened Bread

The Feasts of Israel; Unleavened Bread signified His burial. [O. T. Studies] [Bible History]...

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Firstfruits

Jesus in The Feasts of Israel; Firstfruits marked His resurrection. [O. T. Studies] [Bible History]...

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The Feast of Weeks

The Feasts of Israel; The Feast of Weeks proclaimed the giving of His Set-Apart Spirit of Truth. [O. T. Studies] [Bible History]...

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The Feast of Trumpets

The Feasts of Israel; Trumpets will announce His second coming. [O. T. Studies] [Bible History]...

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The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments: Many topics,viewpoints & interpretation. [O. T. Studies] [Bible History]...

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