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6361 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mark, the Gospel According To, 2.12
… main arguments against the genuineness of the latter, in both these respects Mark 1:1 - 13 is bound up with the main body of the book. Nor is there sufficient reason …
6362 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mary.50
(b) Dogma of Mary’s Perpetual Virginity: It is evident that this, too, is a doctrine of such a nature that its advocates might, with advantage to their argument, have abstained from the appearance of critical discussion.
6363 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mary.56
Three other arguments are most frequently used to justify the place accorded to Mary in the liturgy.
6364 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mary.57
… . This argument, if it carries any weight at all, in this connection, implies that the glorified Lord Jesus is still subject to His mother. It is, however, clear …
6365 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mary.81
… this argument is that the difficulty itself is an artificial one due to a misreading of the incident. In the point of central reference the two episodes are …
6366 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mediation; Mediator.89
… twofold argument for the necessity of Christ’s death ( Hebrews 9:15 ff). (c) The ritual of the Day of Atonement furnishes another analogy. As the high priest once …
6367 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Messiah.47
… unity argument be pressed too hard? If the Messiah came to be conceived of as a specific king while the original promise spoke of a dynasty, is it so inconceivable …
6368 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Messiah.79
… the argument from prophecy by an extravagant symbolism and a false exegesis; but they are right in the contention that the essential elements in the Old …
6369 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Micah (2).8
… an argument in favor of its being from one author. He is superior to Isaiah in his tendency to idyllic details, and especially in a deeper personal sympathy …
6370 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Miracle.43
… manner. Arguments have been, and still are, constructed to show that there can be no real revelation without miracles, that miracles are the proper proof of …
6371 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Miracle.46
It is therefore a mistake to try to put the evidence of the miracles into a logically demonstrative argument. Paley stated the case too much in this almost anathematized form.
6372 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Miracle.48
Coleridge, in the Aids to Reflection, criticizes the above and puts the argument in a more just and more human form.
6373 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Miracle.60
… (Mozley’s argument is perhaps somewhat marred by its too positive and controversial tone, but, if the notes be read as well as the Lectures, the reader will …
6374 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Money.14
… this argument is negative only, and such coins may have existed but have not come to light, and there are reasons which seem to the present writer sufficient …
6375 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Moses.91
… this argument, as the time of its composition is not absolutely known and is probably not very far from the close of the Babylonian exile of Judah. But the prophets …
6376 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nahum; the Book of.36
… convincing argument has been presented against the genuineness of Nahum 1:2 through Nahum 2:2. "Therefore," says G.A. Smith, "while it is possible that a later …
6377 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nathanael (2).3
… principal arguments in support of this identification are: (1) Nathanael is never mentioned by the synoptists, and Bartholomew is never mentioned by John …
6378 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nehemiah.13
The argument based upon Nehemiah 10:1 - 8 will fall to the ground, if we change the pointing of the "Seraiah" of the Nehemiah 3:1 1-32rd verse and read "its princes …
6379 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nehemiah.14
Some have thought that he was of the royal line of Judah, inasmuch as he refers to his "fathers’ sepulchres" at Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 2:3 ). This would be a good argument only if it could be shown that none but kings had sepulchers at Jerusalem.
6380 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nehemiah.15
… this argument, it would need to be shown that none but persons of noble birth could serve in this position; but this has not been shown, and cannot be shown.