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The books of the Bible comprise some of the greatest literature of the world. With some humor, the speaker shows the folly of trying to understand the Bible in too literal a fashion, while admitting that one can take an allegorical approach too far. This scholarly presentation touches upon many aspects of the Bible, including an overview of the Mediterranean world at the time that Christianity was born, the role of Greek in the translation of the...
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Some of the biblical documents such as Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiasticus, and the Wisdom of Solomon are of a distinct type classified by scholars as the wisdom literature of the Bible. From a literary standpoint, the concept of wisdom among the biblical writers has roots in an oral tradition that precedes the writings of the scribal class. The speaker says that this wisdom tradition is cosmopolitan in character, meaning that you can find evidence...
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Geddes MacGregor suggests that echoes of the ancient esoteric tenets appear within the Christian paradigm, for instance, in the writings of certain Christian mystics such as St. Paul. Also, certain rites of the Church are based on a profound knowledge of occult phenomena, albeit that many of the present-day clergy are unaware of such an occult basis.
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Many people assume reincarnation to be foreign to the Christian heritage and especially alien to the Hebrew roots of biblical thought. As a philosopher, the speaker found the idea of rebirth to be intriguing, and so decided to research the annals of Christian history to determine whether there was room in the Christian worldview for the concept of reincarnation.
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