Clarifying Baffling Biblical Passags

CLARIFYING BAFFLING BIBLICAL PASSAGES

Thomas F. McDaniel, Ph.D.,
Professor Emeritus,
Palmer Theological Seminary,
The Seminary of Eastern University,
Saint Davids, Pennsylvania
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Clarifying Baffling Biblical Passages:

Title Page, Table of Contents, Preface, Addreviations,
Introduction (xii-xxii)
Chapters:
1. Reptile Rations in Genesis 3:14 and Isaiah 65:25  + 
2. Genesis 3:16 "He Shall Be Like You"  + 
3. Genesis 16:10 - 12 Ishmael: A Peacemaker  + 
4. Genesis 17:5 The Meaning of Abram and Abraham  + 
5. Exodus 4:24 Revisited  ++ 
6. Leviticus 16:8, 10, 26 Ending the Enigma of Azazel  + 
7. Moses was Made to Despair: Numbers 12:3  + 
8. The Poor Must Not Be Denied Assistance: Deut. 15:14 and 15:11  + 
9. The Rehab of Rahab: Joshua 2:1; 6:17; 6:25  ++ 
10. The Call for a 'Blackout' and the Solar Eclipse in Joshua 10:7-15  + 
11. Huldah: The Guardian of Tradition: II Kings Corrected Text  + 
12. The Good Samaritan Named Oded in II Chronicles 28:5-15  + 
13. The Meaning of Karpas: Multi-Colored, Cotton, and Celery  + 
14. Psalm 2:11-12 Adore without Restraint: Psalm 2:11-12  + 
15. Surely There Is a God: Proverbs 30:1-5  + 
16. Recovery of Rare Words in Ecclesiastes 7:26-28  + 
17. Arabic Cognates which Clarify Song of Solomon 1:3  ++ 
18. The Excited Stallions of Jeremiah 5:8  + 
19. Jeremiah 31:21-22 Revisited  ++ 
20. Ezekiel Went "Flying Off in Circle of Wind": Ezekiel 3:14  + 
21. Ezekiel's Criticism of Triage in Jerusalem: Ezekiel 13:17-22  + 
22. The King of Tyre in Ezekiel 28  + 
23. No Moon of Blood in Joel 2:31  + 
24. The Ambiguities in Amos' Resume: Amos 1:1 and 7:4  + 
25. The Mobile Shrine in Zechariah 5:5-11  + 
26. The Setting Star in Matthew 2:9  + 
27. What to Do with a Lamp?
       Matthew 5:5 Luke 8:16,11:33;Mark 4:21; Logia 33
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28. A "Reappraisal" of the Pearls in Matthew 7:6  + 
29. Who Should Bury Their Dead? (Matthew 8:22b)  + 
30. I Have Not Come to Bring the End: Matthew 10:34-36  ++ 
31. The Misreading which Led to the "Hate" in Luke 14:26-27  + 
32. The Meaning of "Mary," "Magdalene," and Other Names  + 
33. Do You Love Me More Than Kith-and-Kin? John 21:15-17  + 
34. Stabbed Along the Inlets of Egypt: Psalms of Solomon 2:26-27  ++ 
35. Arabic Cognates that Clarify the "Hasmonean, "Seekers of Flattery"  + 
36. Summary

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Complete Index
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Arabic
Aramaic
Authors
Biblical References
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Greek
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Non-Biblical References
Syriac
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