Testament of lies

New Testament Use of the Old Testament

The present writer has counted 224 direct citations introduced by a definite formula indicating the writer purposed to quote. To these must be added seven cases where a second quotation is introduced by the conjunction “and,” and 19 cases where a paraphrase or summary rather than a direct quotation follows the introductory formula. We may further note at least 45 instances where the similarity ...

My Testament of Healing

New Testament Studies

New Testament Studies / Volume 60 / Issue 02 / April 2014, pp 215 231 DOI: 10.1017/S0028688513000362, Published online: 14 March 2014 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0028688513000362 How to cite this article: Brendan Byrne, SJ (2014). Jerusalems Above and Below: A Critique of J. L. Martyn's Interpretation of the Hagar–Sarah Allegory in Gal 4.21–5.1. . New Testament...

Lies, damned lies and……….

The well-known quotation “There are lies, damned lies and statistics” suggests that statistics doesn’t have the greatest of reputations. Why is this? Certainly, statistics can be used to mislead, but logically “lies, damned lies and statistics” reflects high levels of statistical misunderstanding rather than indicating that statistics are inherently ‘bad’. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre highlight...

Lies, Damn Lies and Measurements

This paper describes some of the more unusual phenomena associated with RF/microwave measurements that have been investigated by the author over the past twelve years. It has been found that, from some high profile publications, microwave measurements have been either performed in error or their results wrongly interpreted. Four categories have been identified and two examples from each are dis...