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"Mene Mene Teqel Uparsin": Daniel 5:25 in Cuneiform

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  • David Instone-Brewer

This article reflects on the interpretation of the writing on the wall of Daniel 5:26-28. The article starts to consider the particular problem why the Babylonians could not read these Aramaic words when Aramaic was an official court language. It is proposed that the inscription was a number written in cuneiform, which was translated into Aramaic and then interpreted.

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Three Weddings and a Divorce: God's Covenant with Israel, Judah, and the Church

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  • David Instone-Brewer

Both the Old and New Testaments mention marriage covenants that God contracted between himself and his bride. The aim of this essay is to examine whether or not the several authors and the two Testaments contradict each other in this matter. The article demonstrates that in both Testaments God is described as someone who subjects himself to his own law with regard to regulations concerning marriage, separation, divorce, and remarriage.

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Infanticide and the Apostolic Decree of Acts 15

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  • David Instone-Brewer

In this paper the author argues that there is a reference to infanticide in Acts 15. The reference to the condemnation of smothering is interpreted as a description of infanticide. Instone-Brewer surveys the practice in the Graeco-Roman world, as well as the significance of the reference.

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The Historical Jesus among the Rabbis: Prayer, Divorce and Earthly Rewards

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  • David Instone-Brewer

This article compares the recorded teachings of Jesus to what is now known about the teaching of rabbis in the first half of the first century. The author looks at three examples: prayer, divorce and earthly rewards. Knowledge of the Rabbinic teachings is used to illuminate the meaning of the recorded words of Jesus.

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