(October 21, 2014 at 8:08 am)professor Wrote: Hi Lemon,
Obvious to me (being the writer's great familiarity with the the Old Testament) what was referred to is the script of that Covenant which would include the Hebrew Prophets.
In 2nd Peter 3:16, Pete, talking about Paul' writings, says "Speaking in them of these things; in which some things are hard to understand, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do of the other Scriptures, to their own destruction."
Scriptures can simply mean "Writings".
The important thing also seems to be WHO wrote the writings.
Thats on the surface, except that the tanakh is different from any of the Christian old testaments, of which there are three. Ask ronedee and vivalarevolution what the OT contains and you will get 2 different answers, both different from your own.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
