Let us return to the conjectured text referred to as “Q,” said to be the source for those passages which the Gospels of Matthew and Luke have in common with […]
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Author: Fr Yuhanna Azize
What is the “Q Hypothesis” of the Gospels? (Part I)
Maronite Meditation 79 We now come to what is known as the “Q hypothesis.” Bart Ehrman writes: “It is probably best for methodological purposes to define it strictly as material […]
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Robert Hugh Benson: Mysticism in “Lord of the World”
This is a lengthy quotation from Robert Hugh Benson’s Lord of the World (1907). In it, Fr Percy Franklin, an English priest, strives to cope with the Church disintegrating at […]
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Were the Gospels “Anonymous”?
Let us continue our examination of some of the opinions of Bart Ehrman, a leading member of the contemporary Bible studies establishment. On p.8 of his book, The New Testament: […]
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Maronite Meditation 77: Bart Ehrman on the NT
We now come to one of the most popular members of the contemporary informal Bible studies establishment: Bart Ehrman. I am going to select one of his more accessible efforts, […]
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Maronite Meditation 76: Final Arguments concerning the “Johannine Community”
Maronite Meditation 76 We have been critiquing the arguments of the late John Ashton in the second edition of his Understanding the Fourth Gospel, so far as they relate to […]
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Maronite Meditation 75: What Is this about a “Johannine Community”?
Maronite Meditation 75 We shall now consider a question which most people may not realise is contentious: the assertion that the Gospel of St John was the product of a […]
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Maronite Meditation 74: Internal Evidence for the Authorship of the Gospel according to St John
Today we shall continue with our examination of how the late George Beasley-Murray handled the authorship of the Gospel of St John. Last week we saw what he made of […]
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Maronite Meditation 73 (Did St John Write his Gospel? External Evidence)
Maronite Meditation 73 Today we shall begin to examine the evidence around the authorship of the Gospel of St John. It is a huge topic, but we shall take one […]
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Maronite Meditation 72 (The Date of the Epistle of St Jude)
We are continuing with our theme of examining the assertions of academics working in Biblical Studies, and asking the basic question: how do we discern what is reliable in their […]
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