People have been arguing about who
Jesus was, what he believed, what he taught, or even if he ever existed, since
24 CE (AD). So, the minute you saw the word “Jesus” your brain connected what
you believe about “Jesus” (your bundles of associations). If you haven’t read
articles I have written about Jesus (Yeshua), I know that you will not
accurately understand this article. Continue reading at – http://mailchi.mp/d555ba308b69/correcting-the-translation-of-one-word-can-make-a-big-difference
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cultures of the Arabs, Phoenicians, Aramaeans, Babylonians, and Assyrians
shared the following. An ordered cosmos focused on the world of the gods.
Organization had been brought to the divine realm through the birth of
deities and assignment of roles in the ordered world. The gods lived
in society with hierarchical structures. Continue reading at - http://mailchi.mp/94b5c515939a/this-is-what-makes-the-hebrew-culture-different
Now
I am going to focus on “the bundles of associations” connected to the words in
the Bible. A key skill in working with words is anchoring them to specific
times and places. (1) None of the Bible was originally addressed to you. None
of us was involved in the original communication events as either senders or
receivers. We are, in a sense, third-party intruders and suffer from
third-party perspectives. Continue reading at - http://mailchi.mp/939734bf835d/increasing-your-accuracy-in-reading-the-bible-part-1
