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Commentary on Daniel by Hippolytus Now in English Translation

Commentary on Daniel by Hippolytus Now in English Translation

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Tom Schmidt’s English translation of Hippolytus’ Commentary on Daniel is now available. Hippolytus wrote this commentary, the oldest surviving Christian commentary on Scripture, between 202 and 211 AD. Schmidt translated it from the Greek text in GCS. At one point Hippolytus interacts with a writer who claimed to know the date of the end of the world through calculations from… Read more →

2012: Will It Be the End?

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There is a lot of chatter about the year 2012 as the year when the world will end. It has something to do with the Mayan calendar. In fact, the Barnes and Noble near my house had a whole display of books about this supposedly fateful year. Frequently I am asked what I think of the matter. When people set… Read more →