Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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In this episode, we consider some comments from William Albrecht in his after-show from our debate on Purgatory, in which William tried to make a point by arguing that 2 Maccabees 12:43b-45a is not proven to be an interpolation. It seems like a very odd question to raise, so I thought it may be worth exploring a little further, just in case in there are any questions remaining. For those following the evidence:

Start of my Constructive:
youtu.be/jaQMhB1UgiU?t=1612

You will notice that I don’t mention the Macabees in my opening.

Start of my Rebuttal:
youtu.be/jaQMhB1UgiU?t=3193

When I finally get to Maccabees and spend about 2 and a half minutes on the subject:
youtu.be/jaQMhB1UgiU?t=3582

William’s Cross-Examination
youtu.be/jaQMhB1UgiU?t=3852

Incidentally, Harnhart mentions some manuscripts that don’t have the text, such as manuscript 381, which is missing folio 310, from 12:23-14:1.

My show discussing the 2 Maccabees topic:
youtu.be/lbswKPCqfok?t=328

William’s After-Show
youtu.be/nZINXXiGwAY?t=323

A Blog post on the topic:

turretinfan.blogspot.com/2024/09/significance-of-source-critical-textual.html

My previous stream directly on this question:
youtube.com/watch?v=CFbcD3FSFaQ&t=26s

More thoughts on 2 Maccabees 12:
youtube.com/watch?v=wrxt6GER2Rk&t=1785s

The episode that sparked the question:
youtube.com/watch?v=lbswKPCqfok