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These are opinionated essays. They argue positions on biblical-studies topics and draw conclusions from critical scholarship. For neutral, both-sides treatments that adjudicate nothing, see Scripture Analysis.
Tagged “Prophecy lists”
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Ezekiel's Shepherd-King, Reduced to One Line
The 356-prophecy list keeps Ezekiel's shepherd-king as one line, "Descendant of David", and drops the land, the statutes, the reunited tribes and the temple.
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Overlapping Prophecies: The 24 Passages Critical Scholarship Shares with the Apologetic List
All twenty-four passages critical scholars read as messianic sit on the apologetic list too, but read whole, they describe Davidic kings and exilic hopes.
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The Proof-Text Game: How 356 Becomes 24
A popular list counts 356 prophecies fulfilled in Jesus. Check each verse in its context and the count falls to roughly two dozen that some ancient Jewish tradition read messianically, and only a handful of those predate Christianity.