If the unrevised Septuagint (LXX) was "Matthew's Bible" for source modification, it is highly problematic that his independent fulfilment insertions consistently deviate from the LXX to align closer with the Hebrew text.
If the unrevised Septuagint (LXX) was "Matthew's Bible" for source modification, it is highly problematic that his independent fulfilment insertions consistently deviate from the LXX to align closer with the Hebrew text.
@muslimorthodoxy None of the Usual Textual Indicators for Divine Retribution Occur in the Case of the Canaanites
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We have to analyzes whether the biblical narrative presents the Israelite conquest of Canaan as an act of divine retribution (punishment for wrongdoing).
@eternalbread_@SeerahDawah Honestly you Christian apologetics should just stop embarrassing the Christian community. If you're not able to bring up any good argument then don't pull stuff like this
@SeerahDawah@InspiringPhilos There exist non-doublets in Matthew (instances where Matthew could have included Mark's account but does not do so, presumably because Matthew found the non-Markan version preferable and sufficient.
@SeerahDawah@InspiringPhilos Sometimes the version Matthew takes from Q meets the criteria for primitivity against Mark's and appear to have even served as a source for Mark's version.
@muslimorthodoxy The Midianites actively and deliberately subverted Israel by utilizing a calculated scheme involving Balaam to manipulate Yahweh's wrath against His own people,serving as a unique theological exception rather than a baseline template for Israel's wars.
Apologetics please stop ๐ซฉ
@muslimorthodoxy With the case study contrasting general conquest warfare with the specific retributive event of the Peor incident.Unlike the nebulous moral framing of the Canaanites the military campaign against the Midianites is explicitly defined as an act of targeted revenge (nqm).