KOREphotos<\/a>) is of the Isaiah Scroll, found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. It’s hard to imagine now the s<\/b>hoc<\/b>kwav<\/b>es this find sent through the community in biblical studies.
And, of course, we’ll talk a bit about why the Roman Catholics and Protestants have Old Testaments of different lengths.
We’ll finish by reading some amazing words from Isaiah.
Lots of information this week. Actually, I’m really looking forward to study #4. It’s Lord willing going to be very fun and hands-on, and we’re going to learn a lot more about the transmission of the books of the Bible.
But that’s not for two weeks. I’ll let you know more when the time comes! Thanks for your prayers. \ud83d\ude42\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We’re starting the third week of our study tonight. Today we’re talking about the Old Testament. It’s a bit of a challenge to focus on how we got our Bible, without getting carried away with all the evidence for the Bible. Of course, we’re talking about a lot of that evidence, but only just touching […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6,18],"tags":[598,810,2208,412,808,719],"class_list":["post-1372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional-and-bible","category-ministry-glimpses","category-prayer-and-praise","tag-bible-study","tag-dead-sea-scrolls","tag-iglesia-biblica-sendero-de-vida-jesus-maria-2","tag-isaiah","tag-old-testament","tag-where-did-the-bible-come-from","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"\n
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