Hard Sayings of the Bible

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“Why are there so many discrepancies and difficulties? There are a great number of sources to which we can trace them: errors of copyists in the manuscripts that have been handed down to us; the practice of using multiple names for the same person or place; the practice of using different methods for calculating official years, lengths of regencies and events; the special scope and purpose of individual authors, which sometimes led them to arrange their material topically rather than chronologically; and differences in the position from which an event or object was described and employed by the various writers.” (Pages 17–18)

“The three positions may be labeled ‘the cosmologically mixed races view’ (angels and humans), ‘the religiously mixed races view’ (godly Sethites and worldly Cainites) and ‘the sociologically mixed races view’ (despotic male aristocrats and beautiful female commoners).” (Page 106)

“The point is that a work is still an author’s work even if it has been edited, revised, updated or otherwise added to.” (Page 37)

“The Hebrew reads, ‘You are turning away [from God!] to your husband, and [as a result] he will rule over you [take advantage of you].’” (Page 98)

“God always inspects the giver and the worshiper before he inspects the gift, service or worship.” (Page 101)