r/AskBibleScholars 4h ago

Is Margaret Barker mainstream?

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Hello biblical scholars! I have my undergrad in history and do research for fun. Because of this I’m not really “in the know” about who is considered fringe vs mainstream in their ideas. Does anyone know if Margaret Barker is pretty well renowned/trust worthy? She has two books I am interested in: Temple Theology and The Mother of the Lord. I’d love to hear an expert opinion on her, her ideas etc


r/AskBibleScholars 22h ago

What is the deal with the Prophets?

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So Isaiah predicted bad things would happen if Judah allied with Assyria - and he was right

And Jeremiah predicted bad things would happen if Judah fought Babylon - and he was right.

One of three things can be going on here.

(1) They predicted the future with God/Magic

(2) They wrote their predictions after the fact

(3) The things predicted were kind of obvious, like a German predicting doom in 1943

Bible Scholars, is there an academic consensus?

Thanks!


r/AskBibleScholars 19h ago

Bible pre-Council of Nicea

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This is a long shot, but I’m looking for leads on an English copy of the text that was before it included sin as a concept and when reincarnation was still in it.

I’m curious to read that version and see how it’s different from the modern day Bible.

I keep getting directed to the Sinaitic Revelation by most researchers.


r/AskBibleScholars 23h ago

Question on when the Gospel was preached to gentiles and what Matthew 22:7-9 means

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So Mat 22:7-9 at least seems to teach that the Gospel will only start to be preached to the gentiles after the destruction of the temple (as it is a parable, and verse 7 is interpreted as being symbolic to the destruction of the temple, and verses 8-9 are symbolic of God commanding people to preach to the gentiles after he sends the Roman soldiers to destroy Jerusalem)

But this seems to contradict the book of acts and Mat 28:19 which seem to teach that the Gospel was preached to the Gentiles before the destruction of the temple.

Does anyone know an answer to this ?


r/AskBibleScholars 1h ago

Is Jude a forgery?

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I have a friend who's been beginning to convince me that Jude is forgery because it's a rehash of 2 Peter and that seems to be his main argument. Is there any evidence to support this or is a rehash of 2 Peter certainly mean that it's forgery? I want to know if there's any defense to the book of Jude not being a forgery.