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Does Hermann Gunkel’s pioneering form-critical work on the psalms encroach on inspiration?

Hans-Joachim Kraus’s monumental work on the Psalms often refers to Hermann Gunkel’s commentary on the Psalms. In his commentary on Psalm 28,2, Kraus writes the following: “H. Gunkel suggests that we ...
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Do Bible translations matter? [closed]

I'm asking this from a born-again Christian perspective (so I guess this makes me an evangelical Protestant) and seeing how there's controversy over the KJV, NIV, ESV etc., does the type of Bible that ...
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Do Protestants believe Jesus misquoted Psalm 8:2 in Matthew 21:16?

In Matthew 21:15–16, Jesus is praised by children in the temple after healing the blind and the lame. When questioned by the chief priests and scribes, he points out that what was occurring was ...
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Is the OT translation in "The Apostolic Bible - Polyglot" based strictly on the LXX or MT text?

In reference to the answer given to Are there any English Bible translations whose primary text for the OT is the Septuagint? some further issues arise: There's a rather interesting translation ...
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