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Understanding “Love” and “Hate” in Matthew 10:37 and Luke 14:26

by Caleb Lenz Posted October 18, 2021 (Download as pdf) Introduction φιλέω (“fee-leh-oh”) in the Septuagint Reflections on φιλέω μισέω (“mee-seh-oh”) in the Septuagint Reflections on μισέω Overall reflections This is an excursion I did to better understand “love” in Matthew 10:37 and “hate” in Luke 14:26. “He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy …

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The First 95 (+3) Raphes in the Hebrew Bible

by Caleb Lenz Posted October 31, 2017 (Download as pdf) In various handwritten manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible (e.g. the Leningrad Codex), the raphe is a dash over a letter (e.g. בֿ) which appears principally over undotted begadkepat letters (בֿ, גֿ, דֿ, כֿ, ךְֿ, פֿ, ףֿ, תֿ) and also over silent letters (e.g. אֿ and הֿ). (A dot commonly goes by the names “dagesh” or “mapiq,” …

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