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Approaching the Torah

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  • Ralph Smith

This article discusses the literary breadth of the Torah, or five books of Moses, and how interpretation of the Torah can make use of a unique application of the medieval quadriga.

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Paul, the Law and Judgment by Works

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  • Christian Stettler

What does it mean that the final judgment will be according to works? This article analyzes the apostle Paul's different statements about the criteria by which the works of a person are measured in the last judgment. The study concludes that the same criteria applies to believers and unbelievers, i.e., the Torah as fulfilled by Jesus Christ. It is argued that the whole Torah is still valid in the time of the new covenant, but in a transformed and intensified way.

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Jesus, the Ark, and the Day of Atonement: Inter-Textual Echoes in John 19:38-20:18

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  • Nicholas P. Lunn

The focus of the study is on John 20:12. The author uses the whole of John 19:38-John 20:18 as a basis of his study. He reflects on the possibility to see in John 20:12 an allusion to the ark of the covenant. Lunn finds a number of related allusions in the immediate context. He further explores the theological implications of such allusions from the Torah.

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Wisdom, the “Amen” of Torah

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  • C. Hassell Bullock

This study concerns itself with biblical wisdom. It argues that it becomes more generally recognized that wisdom is an affirmation of the Torah in a similar way as prophecy. It is argued that wisdom is the “amen” of the Torah. The author explores the different components of this affirmation.

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What Does the Old Testament Say about Poverty and Riches?

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  • Walter C. Kaiser Jr

Kaiser summarizes what the Torah and Wisdom Literature teach on poverty and riches.

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To forsake Christ for the world is to leave a treasure for a trifle ... eternity for a moment, reality for a shadow, all things for nothing. William Jenkyn
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