30 pieces of silver
eric/cindy bach thebachs@fgi.net
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:08:54 -0600 (00915019734, 000f01be33ba$e1f33a60$559da7d0@bach)
Hello Ray.
You wrote
>It seems to me that the issue of the inerrancy of the bible can be easily
>dismissed by reference to Matthew 27:9. Here Matthew says the business
>about the thirty pieces of silver given Judas was in fulfilment of a
>prophecy in Jeremiah. No less an authority than Bruce Metzger however in
>his "The Text of the New Testament" states that what Matthew attributes to
>Jeremiah actually comes from Zechariah (11:12f). How is it possible that a
>reference from this inerrant book to another passage in this inerrant work
>could be wrong?
from Bach
You are correct, bless your 69-year old dog-jogging by moonlight heart. It
_doesn't_ make any sense. Your example is one of the best at illustrating
how far the NT writers were willing to go to spin doctor OT passages to try
to make them apply to Jesus, IMHO.
Santa gave me a very nice upholstered cover NIV study bible this year and I
am starting to use it more and more as I research what is being discussed on
this list.
As I read the footnotes, however, I start seeing the same apologetic terms
coming up again and again....
"probably", "perhaps", "maybe", "it could have been", etc. What I call
"horse hockey" in other words!
Have you visited the www.queenjanesversion.com site yet? I think it is
worth the trip. I'm thinking of purchasing a copy of it just for the yocks
and to support the efforts of a guy who has been working on this for nearly
10 years!
Regards,
Bones Bach
thebachs@fgi.net