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Classical Rhetoric 101: The Five Canons of Rhetoric - Arrangement What Is Arrangement? Arrangement is simply the organization of a speech or text to ensure maximum persuasion. Classical rhetoricians divided a speech into six different parts. They are: Introduction (exordium) Statement of...

Now added to the above, a google of "John the Baptist 26 AD." shows how someone might settle upon a 7 year ministry for Christ.

There are perks to being almost legally blind. LOL. I was able to download the text to this book for free. Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ By: Harold W. Hoehner ZONDERVAN / 1978 Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ Hoener's Birth and Crucifixion dates: "Conclusion. Having...

Googling "crucifixion 33 ad" brings up things that were not coming up before. People can think what they want about Wiki articles themselves, but this article links to a LOT of SOURCES. Chronology of Jesus - Wikipedia

Ancient writers were schooled using the progymnasmata as their writing curriculum. I am not sure if there even was an exercise to practice chronology. The final goal was ability to persuade. Rhetorical Pedagogy: progymnasmata I was linked to this thread from a thread that I started. The Length...

I think I found it. I am reading it now. The Chronology of the Bible

Thank you for explaining. I know things changed. I do not know which things changed, though.

I think the 7 years comes from scholars that hold to both John the Baptist in 26 AD and the crucifixion in 33 AD, instead of choosing one of them to be wrong, to squeeze the ministry into a shorter period? What was the length of Jesus' public ministry? The Bible does not tell us the exact...

The 7 year ministry timeline is not unique to Scofield; I am curious how widespread it was and is. I have also skimmed scholarly articles that suggest a timeline shorter than 3 1/2 years and some of the arguments apply to longer as well as shorter timelines. As Scofield says explicitly, and...

When I was a child, I was asked to write letters to certain families in the USSR. I was told that families that got mail from the USA were treated better. Is this still true? Would cards or letters to the family help them? I was told that it did not matter if the letters were in English.

No! Not dumb! I was only recently introduced to the idea that the 3 1/2 year timeline is not universal. I would like to settle into something that is consistent, even if not "right". Scofield says this" The four Gospels ... Taken together, they set forth, not a biography but a personality. ...

Most American maps place the Atlantic ocean as the center. I moved recently. Now, I live near the Pacific ocean. I would like to own a map with the Pacific Ocean at the center.

I have read some novels with a setting in the Bering Strait. Exciting stories can be written about the Bering Strait.

The Old Scofield Bible lists Jesus' ministry as being seven years. What other Bible teachers use a 7 year timeline? Are all or any of the gospels in chronological order? Do you use a timeline for the gospels?

What a strange website!

Hello. I am happy to meet you! I like to watch television programs about your country. Your country is beautiful in many ways. The forests are beautiful. The ballet is beautiful. The buildings are beautiful. The people are brave and intelligent. Your country is older than the United States. Your...

Oh, and for used books, Betterworldbooks has better initial service, but Thriftbooks will always give you a refund. You can get some really good deals on used Bible reference books from these two sellers and from Amazon. Books that were previously library books are less likely to have...

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I have read some books over the years, and what has impressed me the most, is that the authors must be aware of things that they do not include. "Facts" are not "facts" when other "facts" are left out. My faith gets shaken by the mess of Christendom, and that there are "sides". I don't know of...

Your second link took me to the first link. Let me see what happens when I post the link. Dake Bible - Home of the Dake Annotated Reference Bible