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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 “Psalms”
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Psalm 22 and the Crucifixion: Did David Predict the Cross?
Psalm 22 is a lament whose sufferer is rescued, not raised. Its "pierced" line rests on a disputed word the gospels never quote, and no one read it as a prediction before the cross. The gospels told the passion in its words.
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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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Reading Backwards: How Crucifixion Created Christology
A crucified messiah was a contradiction in terms. How the cross sent Jesus's followers back into Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22, and why the christology they found there was read backward from the event rather than predicted before it.
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The Septuagint Problem: When Your Prophecy Depends on the Greek
Three famous 'fulfilled prophecies' lean on Greek wording the Hebrew does not bear out, from Isaiah's 'virgin' to Psalm 22's 'pierced' and Hebrews' 'body'.
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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.
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Did Jesus Fulfill the Real Messianic Prophecies? A Critical Assessment
Set aside the 356-item lists and test Jesus against the passages ancient Judaism actually read as messianic: the Davidic king, the servant, the royal psalms. Read as first understood, he fulfilled none; his followers reread them after the cross.