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Where did Israel Come from? When I was a student at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1997, I've written a paper on this question. I've published it later in our academic journal, DIWA , vol. 34 (2009). You can click HERE to download a copy (pdf) of this article. See also our textbook, pp. 205-206 ("Various Theories of Israelite Settlement in Canaan).

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Fr. Randolf C. Flores, SVD: Fr. Randy is the current Parish Priest and Rector of the Sacred Heart Parish Shrine in Quezon City, Philippines. He is also the Director of the Biblical Apostolate of the Diocese of Cubao and the coordinator for the Biblical Apostolate of the SVD Philippine Central Province. He teaches Biblical courses at the Divine Word Seminary, Tagaytay City. He holds a doctorate from the Ateneo de Manila University (PhD, 2015) and from the Loyola School of Theology (STD, 2014); Licentiate in Sacred Scripture (SSL, 1999) from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome); an M.A. in Pastoral Ministry from the Divine Word Seminary (1995). He served as president of the Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines (CBAP), chairperson of the Tagaytay Religious Association (TRA), Dean of Studies (Divine Word Seminary), and editor of the academic journal Diwa: Studies in Philosophy and Theology. He founded the Certificate in Theological Studies (CTS) at the Divine Word Seminary and the SVD Tagaytay Alternative Learning System (SVD-ALS), an educational program for the out-of-school youth. Visit also his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/biblicalapostolateph

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Third Quarter Exam: Biblical History and Biblical Archeology

- October 31, 2019

For the guide questions on BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY, click here to download it. A Philistine Pottery A Tell A replica of a typical ancient Israelite House

A Guide Textbook Part One

- August 08, 2019

Click here to download a scanned copy of A Guide, part One.

Theories of the Origins of Ancient Israel

- October 20, 2019

Where did Israel Come from? When I was a student at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1997, I've written a paper on this question. I've published it later in our academic journal, DIWA , vol. 34 (2009). You can click HERE to download a copy (pdf) of this article. See also our textbook, pp. 205-206 ("Various Theories of Israelite Settlement in Canaan).

Lecture on Textual Criticism

- September 03, 2019

CLICK ON THE LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 1. Scripts, Writing Materials, and the Masoretic Text 2. Writing Materials - IMAGES 3. Textual Criticism of the New Testament and Scribal Errors 4. Examples from the New Testament of Textual Problems 5. The TEXTUS RECEPTUS

Second Exam Class Standing

- October 20, 2019

Scroll to Codex

- August 26, 2019

Hammurabi Code - Stone Tablet Ostraca - Lachish deer parchment (scroll) Priestly blessing (ca. 600 B.C.E.) in silver scroll Click here for CODEX VATICANUS

Biblical Interpretation

- November 27, 2019

OUTLINE OF THE LECTURE Exegesis and Hermeneutics Three Worlds of Interpretation Rabbinic Interpretation (see also the class handout) History of Biblical Interpretation: From the Fathers to Reformation (See also the class handout) The Historical-Critical Method (see also the class handout) Contemporary Approaches (See also the handout) Paul Ricoeur on Hermeneutics