Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion 60097 Few events in the Old Testament have attracted more attempts at naturalistic explanation than the parting of the waters at the Exodus. Wind setdown models, tsunami hypotheses, and mistranslation theories arguing that Yam Suph means “Sea of Reeds” and therefore refers to a shallow marsh that dried up in a strong wind: these…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 04092 The nineteenth chapter of 1 Kings is one of the most psychologically and spiritually rich passages in the entire Old Testament. Elijah, the prophet who had called down fire from heaven on Carmel and executed the prophets of Baal, is found forty days later under a broom tree in the wilderness begging to…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 01163 The Documentary Hypothesis, also known as the JEDP theory, was the dominant critical framework for understanding the origin of the Pentateuch throughout the nineteenth and much of the twentieth century. In its classic form, articulated by Julius Wellhausen in 1878, it proposed that the first five books of the Bible were not written…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 3015 About halfway through His earthly ministry, Jesus took three of His disciples up a high mountain, and there something extraordinary happened. His appearance changed, His glory was revealed, and Moses and Elijah appeared to speak with Him. This event, known as the Transfiguration, is recorded in all three Synoptic Gospels and stands as…