Revisiting Elijah

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

(originally November 2, 2007) And when some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Behold, He is calling for Elijah.” Mark 15:35 This one is worth repeating.  About a year and a half ago I wrote this Today’s Word.  It was the keystone in the arch of my understanding.  For thirty years, I had…

Unraveling Translations

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

And when some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Behold, He is calling for Elijah.”  Mark 15:35 Elijah – I was wrong.  In spite of the common theological idea that Jesus spoke Aramaic, and that the Greek New Testament was a translation from Aramaic, I have discovered that this is a mistake.  It’s…