http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/10/10/knowledge-of-the-bible/ Bible Blog - Growing Closer to God through the Scriptures Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:49:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/10/10/knowledge-of-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-2826 Scripture Zealot Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:20:23 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=889#comment-2826 Thanks for the insights stuart.<br />Jeff Thanks for the insights stuart.
Jeff

]]> http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/10/10/knowledge-of-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-2820 stuart Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:46:56 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=889#comment-2820 Just to be fair (and to play the devil's advocate a bit) . . . Jude also mentions the archangel Michael contending with the devil over the body of Moses (vs. 9) and a prophecy from Enoch (vss. 14-15) which are not accounts in our Protestant Bibles, but apparently references to books outside the canon as we see it.Clement of Alexandria and Origen attribute the dispute between Michael and the devil to a book called <em>The Assumption of Moses</em> . . . which is mostly lost to us today (we have only fragments).And the prophecy of Enoch seems to be a direct citation of the Jewish apocryphal work, <em>The Book of Enoch</em> . . . although there is some scholarly disagreement concerning the dating of this work and whether Jude is quoting it or some other document.Regardless, I wonder if Piper would use the same argument to tell us our standards of knowledge concerning non-canonical works is too low?   Just to be fair (and to play the devil’s advocate a bit) . . . Jude also mentions the archangel Michael contending with the devil over the body of Moses (vs. 9) and a prophecy from Enoch (vss. 14-15) which are not accounts in our Protestant Bibles, but apparently references to books outside the canon as we see it.Clement of Alexandria and Origen attribute the dispute between Michael and the devil to a book called The Assumption of Moses . . . which is mostly lost to us today (we have only fragments).And the prophecy of Enoch seems to be a direct citation of the Jewish apocryphal work, The Book of Enoch . . . although there is some scholarly disagreement concerning the dating of this work and whether Jude is quoting it or some other document.Regardless, I wonder if Piper would use the same argument to tell us our standards of knowledge concerning non-canonical works is too low?  

]]> http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/10/10/knowledge-of-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-2806 Nathan Stitt Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:12:12 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=889#comment-2806 hear, hear! hear, hear!

]]> http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/10/10/knowledge-of-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-2802 Stan McCullars Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:52:48 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=889#comment-2802 Very sobering. Very sobering.

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