Tag: dating
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Arguments for early/late date of authorship of Daniel
What are the most significant arguments for an early date of authorship of Daniel (6th century BC)? What are the primary arguments for a late date (2nd century BC)?
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Is the textual evidence to the missing ending to Mark evidence of Mark being the earliest Gospel?
Mark 16:8 seems much too abrupt for an ending to the Gospel of Mark. The textual evidence indicates that none of the four endings we now have after Mark 16:8 are original, in other words the original ending was lost. The ending may have …
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Israeli Hiker Discovers 2,800-Year-Old Seal Dating to Time of Solomon’s Temple in 2 Kings
“I told him to take a good look at the other side of the scarab — the flat side — and check if it was also engraved. I immediately heard exclamations of excitement on the phone, and he told me that he could see a figure or image.”