Should “Ekklēsia” Really Be Translated as “Church”?
In the King James translation of the Hebrew scripture (so-called ‘Old Testament’), the translators consistently employed the gloss ‘assembly,’ while in the New Testament they used ‘church.’
By Dr. B. Brandon Scott|2022-03-14T18:46:08-04:00March 16th, 2022|Tags: Church, Early Christian Communities, Early Church, Gospel of Matthew, Paul|
In the King James translation of the Hebrew scripture (so-called ‘Old Testament’), the translators consistently employed the gloss ‘assembly,’ while in the New Testament they used ‘church.’
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-03-03T00:25:00-05:00March 3rd, 2021|Tags: Gospel of Matthew, New Testament|
"Looking at contemporary writers helped me understand how Matthew was quoting the Old Testament—which ... turned out to be pretty much the common practice of the day." An Interview with Robert J. Miller.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-25T04:20:59-05:00October 8th, 2020|Tags: Early Christian Communities, Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Thomas, Healing, New Testament|
If I’m reading this right, it sounds like the power to heal in the Gospel of Thomas … belongs to those who love unselfishly and unpretentiously.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-06T09:03:13-05:00December 12th, 2019|Tags: Christmas, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Matthew, Nativity Story|
I was afraid to consider the implications, because Christmas had become a profoundly religious experience for me by now. Was this discovery going to shatter my faith?