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The Holy Bible contains what is typically referred to as theophoros or theophoric names. The term comes from the Greek word θεόφορος, ( theophoros ) and literally means “bearing or carrying a god.” This word refers to a person whose name contains a reference to the deity that the individual worships, invokes or identifies with. Theophoric personal names, containing the name of a particular god whom the individual entrusted himself/herself to, were very common in the Ancient N

In the following post, GRANVILLE SHARP & CHRIST'S DEITY   ( https://www.samshmnthelogy.net/post/granville-sharp-christ-s-deity ) , I discussed how Granville Sharp’s first rule conclusively establishes that the following texts are describing Jesus Christ as our great God and Savior:  “looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ (tou megalou Theou kai Soteros hemon, ‘Iesou Christou) , who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem

In this brief post I am going to show how a specific rule of NT Greek grammar, which deals with the use of the Greek definite article, affects the interpretation of specific in relation to Jesus being identified as God. The rule is typically referred to as Granville Sharp’s first rule. Granville Sharp’s first rule states that when two singular, personal substantives, whether nouns, adjectives, or participles, that are in the same gender, number and case, and which are not pro

The Hebrew Bible repeatedly commanded the Israelites to only fear and serve Jehovah since he alone was/is their God: “Jehovah your God you should fear, and him you should serve , and by his name you should swear.” Deuteronomy 6:13 ““Jehovah your God you should fear, him you should serve , to him you should cling, and by his name you should swear.” Deuteronomy 10:20 The Old Testament also exhorted the Israelites to only call upon the name of Jehovah, since they were called to

ALLAH’S UNCREATED SPIRIT BECOMES HUMAN The Quran testifies that Jesus is Allah’s very own preexistent Word who came forth from Allah as a Spirit and entered into Mary for the express purpose of becoming human: People of the Book! do not go to excess in your deen. Say nothing but the truth about Allah. The Messiah, ´Isa son of Maryam, was only the Messenger of Allah and His Word, which He cast into Maryam, and a Spirit from Him ( wa’kalimatuhu alqaha ila maryama wa’roohun minh

The Quran refers to a specific group of Jews writing down a book that wasn’t from God and tried to pass it off as being God’s revelation: Do you (faithful believers) covet that they will believe in your religion in spite of the fact that a party of them (Jewish rabbis) used to hear the Word of Allah [the Taurat  (Torah)], then they used to change it knowingly after they understood it? And when they (Jews) meet those who believe (Muslims), they say, “We believe”, but when they

One of the texts that is most often cited by Muhammadan polemicists to support their claim that the Quran testifies to the textual corruption of the Holy Bible is Q. 2:75-79. In this post I will show that these verses do not at all imply that the Biblical scriptures have been corrupted and no longer remain intact. On the contrary, I will demonstrate these ayat are referring to a specific group of Jews at a specific location and time, and do not impugn all Jews (let alone Chr

I resume the discussion: Q. 2:75-79 AND BIBLE CORRUPTION . In this post I am going to take the same objection leveled against the Holy Scriptures and apply it to the Quran as to show that it is the Muslim scripture that has been corrupted and altered. Recall from the previous article that one of the proofs given for biblical corruption is that the Jews allegedly had removed the verse of stoning adulterers from the Torah which, as I demonstrated, is not the case at all since t

Refuting Another Muslim Canard An oft-repeated Islamic objection is that the Taurat  which the Quran repeatedly mentions is not identical to the Old Testament Scriptures, but refers to the original revelation given to Moses. There are at least two main problems with this argument. First, the Quran nowhere claims that the Taurat was given to Moses. This is an assumption that is being read back into the Islamic scripture, and is based on the Jewish-Christian definition of the t

In this post I will be looking at two Quranic verses, which provide further corroboration that the Quran emphatically confirms the incorruptibility of the previous Scriptures, particularly the Torah.   Q. 2:85 After this, it is you who kill one another and drive out a party of you from their homes, assist (their enemies) against them, in sin and transgression. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although their expulsion was forbidden to you. Then do you beli

In the following articles, Ishmael is not the Father of Muhammad Part 1 ( http://www.answeringislam.net/Shamoun/ishmael.htm ) , Part 2 ( http://www.answeringislam.net/Shamoun/ishmael2.htm ) We provided conclusive evidence that Ishmael cannot be the physical progenitor of Muhammad. In this post we are going to provide additional proof from the Quran itself that Muhammad could not have been a descendant of Ishmael. According to the Islamic scripture, the pagans of Arabia, speci

This is going to be a rather short post. According to the Quran, Allah is the best of all deceivers, But they were deceitful/deceptive ( Wa’makaroo ), and Allah was deceitful/deceptive (wa’makara Allahu), for Allah is the best of all deceivers (wa’Allahu khayru al-makireena) ! S. 3:54 – cf. Q. 8:30; 27:50 Whom no one can outdo when it comes to deceiving and misleading others, The hypocrites would deceive God, but He will deceive them!  When they stand up for prayer, they stan

The Quran claims that there is no one that is like Allah, none that are comparable to him. (He is) the Creator of the heavens and the earth: He has made for you pairs from among yourselves, and pairs among cattle: by this means does He multiply you: there is nothing whatever like unto Him , and He is the One that hears and sees (all things). S. 42:11 Abdullah Yusuf Ali And there is none like unto Him. S. 112:4 Y. Ali Shockingly, however, there is one specific individual that

A Further Example of the Quran’s Incoherent Structure  There is a specific passage in the Quran which at first glance seems to be a record of the statements made by Satan to Allah; at least this is how many of the Quranic translators have understood it. Yet upon closer inspection the words may not be Satan’s, but may just as well be Allah’s words directed at Satan. Here is the citation in question: They invoke in HIS stead only females; they pray to none else than Satan, a re

In this post I will quote from a letter attributed to Clement of Rome, which was written to address the Ephesian churches’ deposing their elders. The epistle has been dated to the last three decades of the first century, with the most common date of composition placed at the end of the reign of Domitian, ca. AD 96. What makes Clement’s witness vitally important is that he was a disciple of the Apostles, and may have even been mentioned by Paul as a fellow laborer whose name w

In Revelation, John sees a vision of the new heavens and earth where God and Christ reign together on the same throne and where their servants serve them: “Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the THRONE of God and of the Lamb   down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for

In this post I will show how the Holy Bible describes every living, breathing creature praising Jesus in the same way that Jah is praised, obviously because he is Jehovah God Almighty who became a human being. I will be using the 2013 revision of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) , unless noted otherwise.   The Hebrew Scriptures depict Jehovah as being praiseworthy for having created and giving life to all creation: “And the Levites Jeshʹu·a, Ka

In this post I will quote an ancient non-Christian witness, specifically from a pagan governor, which testifies to the fact of Christians gathering on a specific day of the week to worship Christ as God by singing hymns to him. The source that I am about cite also mentions some of the early Christian practices, which believers bound themselves to observe. All emphasis is mine. THE TESTIMONY Pliny and Trajan on the Christians Pliny the Younger was governor of Pontus/Bithynia f

The Apostle Paul incorporates either a hymn or poem (commonly referred to as the Carmen Christi ) that celebrates Christ’s divine prehuman existence, subsequent physical resurrection and heavenly exaltation to reign as YHWH Incarnate over all creation, and which claims that every creature must and will eventually worship Jesus Lord: “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God ( en morphe theou hyperchon ) , did

The following is taken from the monumental work titled  The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense , authored by Robert M. Bowman Jr. & J. Ed Komoszewski, published by Kregel Academic, Grand Rapids, MI, 2024, Part 2: Like Father, Like Son: Jesus’ Divine Attributes , Chapter 11: Preexistence in Paul and Hebrews, 213-221. In my estimation this is  THE  best and most comprehensive exposition and defense of the biblical basis for the Deity of Christ. Every serious T