Wednesday, February 14, 2007

I couldn't help but smile

The philosophers’ reactions to the LXX and NT are indicative of the cultural struggles of late antiquity. . . . They attacked LXX texts as part of their larger project of undermining Christianity. The pagans faded away, but some of their criticisms experienced a resurgence in modern biblical scholarship.
-John Granger Cook
"The Reaction to the Bible in Paganism"
The Bible and Interpretation

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