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Mathematics in the Secular Textbook

Posted 03-08-2008 at 10:19 AM by jaybird0827
Updated 03-21-2008 at 11:10 AM by jaybird0827
In order to prepare for possible re-entry to the classroom, I have begun by reviewing Algebra 2 in order to revitalize skills I haven't practiced for years.

In one of the lessons I came across this item.

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“The first mathematics in the western world was that of the Egyptians and the Babylonians. Compared with the mathematics of their successors, the Greeks, the mathematics of the Egyptians and Babylonians was primitive at best."

Saxon, John H.,
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Bible Translation

Posted 03-08-2008 at 10:06 AM by jaybird0827
The following message was posted by the Rev. Matthew Winzer, Minister, Australian Free Church, in the thread, What text is the NKJ based on?

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The LXX is a complex subject to go into, but certainly Heb. 3:7-11 is pertinent to this discussion. Here the reader's attention is drawn to the words of the Holy Spirit which were originally written in Hebrew and were being quoted in Greek. For these to be the words of the Holy Spirit in Greek or English, it must be a received principle
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