March 2010
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Christ and the Clash of Cultures - Lecture 7
Galatians
Acts 13 - 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
49The word of the Lord spread through the whole region. 50But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their...
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Christ and the Clash of Cultures - Lecture 5
The 666 in Revelation was a literal mark borne by Roman citizens wishing to shop in the marketplace. It was the mark of Nero.
All trade was to take place in the market place by law - anyone caught bartering was in major trouble. The Romans regulated behaviour by tightly regulating the access to food.
Excommunication was easy – just don’t allow access to the marketplace (Romans 13) – the “small”...
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Christ and the Clash of Cultures - Lecture 4
In 1 Corinthians 7 Paul makes a point about how Christians are to live in the light of their Christianity.
There is a new view of the world from henceforth – “this is what the world is like”…
The Christian has to look at time in a new way. The crisis in 1 Corinthians 7:25 is a massive food shortage.
People are asking Paul whether or not they should marry etc in the grip of this crisis.
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Christ and the Clash of Cultures - Lecture 3
The imperial cult
Julius Caesar was the first deified emperor. Seven days after his death he was thought to have ascended to heaven. The apotheosis of the emperor.
(The ascension as a piece of Roman symbolism fleshed out)…
He was officially deified in 42BC. The “genius” of the emperor was being worshipped – and 1 Corinthians 10 should have been translated to read “genius” instead of demon...
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Christ and the Clash of Cultures - Lecture 2
God who became man v man who became Gods.
How did the Jews get by as time went on? They offer up a sacrifice for the emperor every day – but they don’t pay for it. This is there way of saying they pray for the emperor but not to the emperor. How do the Christians cope with this? How do they come to this arrangement?
Some sit with the Jews (and Judaism) within the province of Asia – if you look...
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Greek Revision - David Allan Black - chapters 1 -...
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Masculine Second Declension
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Neuter Second Declension
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