How We Got the Bible

“As if by some Plan”: Alexandria, Aristeas, Philo, and the LXX

Resting in the cloistered place, and with no one present, that is except the elements of the region—earth, water, air, heaven—concerning the creation of which they were about to give a sacred account–for the beginning of the law is the account of creation—the others, just as though they were being inspired, other peopleContinue reading ““As if by some Plan”: Alexandria, Aristeas, Philo, and the LXX”

When David met Saul: Contradictions, the OG, and the MT

The text of our Protestant English Bibles include two different “meetings” for King Saul and Future-King David. The first “meeting” comes about when God’s spirit torments Saul so that he needs the soothing power of music. Saul’s courtiers find David, the son of Jesse, a mighty warrior, well spoken, and generally the type of personContinue reading “When David met Saul: Contradictions, the OG, and the MT”