Author Archives: Dr. Peter Van Kleeck, Sr.

Johann Gottlob Carpzov, A Defense of the Hebrew Bible, 1729: Corruption of the so-called Septuagint translation and the Preeminence of the Hebrew Scripture

Corruption of the so-called Septuagint Let us admit that the Greek, which is called the Septuagint, differs very widely from the Hebrew copy, yet it differs too much from itself, that as many editions of it as are to be seen this day, so many various readings may be observed; and no man is soContinue reading “Johann Gottlob Carpzov, A Defense of the Hebrew Bible, 1729: Corruption of the so-called Septuagint translation and the Preeminence of the Hebrew Scripture”

The Septuagint (LXX): A Scurrilous Imposter Set Against the Hebrew Old Testament

The Greek translation of the Old Testament, now commonly and rather carelessly labeled the Septuagint, is one of the most misrepresented and mythologized documents in biblical studies. The very name “Septuagint” is a historical confusion masquerading as a canonized fact. According to the lore of the Letter of Aristeas, seventy-two translators produced a Greek PentateuchContinue reading “The Septuagint (LXX): A Scurrilous Imposter Set Against the Hebrew Old Testament”

THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE WORD

2 Peter 3:13 “We according to his promise look for a new heaven and earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.” καινοὺς δὲ οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινὴν κατὰ τὸ ἐπάγγελμα αὐτοῦ προσδοκῶμεν ἐν οἷς δικαιοσύνη κατοικεῖ δικαιοσύνη, dikaiosuné — “integrity, virtue, purity of life, uprightness, correctness in thinking, feeling, and acting:” Here, dwelleth in that coming world asContinue reading “THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE WORD”

THE PURITY OF THE WORD

Scripture describes itself as pure. The adjective pure is defined as “not mixed with, or not having in or upon it, anything that defiles, corrupts, or impairs.”[1] To describing Scripture as pure is to speak of Scripture’s divine integrity and authority as God-breathed, Holy Spirit originating, infallible words written by chosen penmen. Scripture attests toContinue reading “THE PURITY OF THE WORD”

A Predestined Scripture Dictated by the Holy Spirit to the penmen assured the Church the Bible was God’s Revelation of Himself

What follows is a brief summary of a section of Abram Kuyper’s (1837-1920) view of Holy Scripture. The precision of this Dutch theologian and statesman should emphasize the gulf between modern scholars and scholarship and the ineptitude of reducing the locus of Scripture to an undefined, prejoritive acronym. So distant is such unhelpful rhetoric fromContinue reading “A Predestined Scripture Dictated by the Holy Spirit to the penmen assured the Church the Bible was God’s Revelation of Himself”

Self-Attesting Scripture

Herman Ridderbos, Redemptive History and the New Testament Scriptures, trans. by H. De Jongste, rev. by Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. (Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing Co., 1988), 9.  Has not Ridderbos succinctly and clearly defined the necessary historic, orthodox understanding of the nature of holy Scripture? Can you find any legitimate reason for rejectingContinue reading “Self-Attesting Scripture”

Seven Characteristics of 2nd Century Church Fathers Regarding the Canon of Scripture – Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, and Irenaeus

L. Gaussen, The Canon of the Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of History, translated from the French and abridged by Edward N. Kirk (Boston: American Tract Society, 1862), 160-162. [Note: The canon is one book. The New Testament is the succession of the Old Testament “of the same origin and equal authority.” The canonicalContinue reading “Seven Characteristics of 2nd Century Church Fathers Regarding the Canon of Scripture – Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, and Irenaeus”

Inspiration, Preservation, Self-Attestation, and the Church: The Historic Grounds for Scripture’s Canonicity

L. Gaussen, The Canon of the Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of History, translated from the French and abridged by Edward N. Kirk (Boston: American Tract Society, 1862), 96-100. [Note: Inspired Scripture evidences the marks of its Divinity. That Scripture came from God is through the Word and Spirit made historically conspicuous to theContinue reading “Inspiration, Preservation, Self-Attestation, and the Church: The Historic Grounds for Scripture’s Canonicity”