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Tagged “Septuagint”
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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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The Suffering Servant Debate: Israel, the Prophet, or the Messiah?
Isaiah 53 read through the Septuagint, Qumran, the Targum, the Talmud and Rashi: why an ancient messianic reading was never a Christian one.
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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'.