Journal of Theological Studies

Introduction Historical  criticism, also known as the historical-critical method or higher criticism is a branch of the method of interpretation of the Bible which studies the origins of ancient texts in order to understand "the world behind the text" [1] . It studies the history of the reception of the Scriptures, their historical context, the process of the stages of their production and their recipients. Using history, linguistics, philology, epigraphy, sociology, archeology, the historical-critical method aims to discover the primitive or original meaning of the text in its historical context origin and its literal meaning and to establish a reconstruction of the historical situation of the author and the recipients of the text. It focuses in particular on the sources of the documents in order to determine the author, the date and the place of composition. Origins There is nothing in historical-critical theology that has not first made its appearance in philosophy. It has...

HISTORICAL EVALUATION OF HIGH CRITICISM METHOD   Introduction Until the beginning of the 18th century, for the great majority of exegetes, theologians and faithful Catholics, Anglicans and Protestant Churches, the Bible was the word of God, and that the truth of God was present in every word of the Scriptures. This scriptural idea is inherited from patristic and medieval exegesis, and is based on the role attributed to the divine author in Biblical Scripture without almost worrying about the role of the human writer But from the nineteenth century, a lively controversy was raised on the authority, the inerrancy and the content of the Bible. This controversy has its origins since the 15th century, during the great rapid progress of the natural sciences and its discoveries. This current which was born contradicts certain affirmations of the Bible printed since Gutenberg and threatened the biblical authority.  Towards the beginning of the 17th century, philology, which was based ...

The book of Daniel  tells us more about Jesus than any other book in the Old Testament ( In fact you can see Jesus in every Chapter of this book). Negid is used for prince and this Negid is going to be sacrifice in Daniel 11:20. Chapter 2 stone kingdom is Jesus Kindom, Chapter 6 Jesus was the one who shut the mouth of the Lion. In Chapter 3 Jesus is the one who appear in the fire. 2. Only this book tells us the exact year in which Jesus would die. The seventy weeks prophecy (9:24-27). 3. Because it tells us God gave Jerusalem into the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar. They defile the Sabbath and ( Jer 17:24-27; Jer 2:27). They worship idols (Jer 7:18). They offer to the Queen of Ester. The whole family is involved in idol worship. These are two major sins why God gave them to the hands of the Babylonians. 4. God can used enemy to show favor in the people of God. Nebuchadnezzar show favor to Daniel and his friends. A) He give them his food. B) All others are working hard but Daniel and ...