MSH | October 21, 2009
Over the past decade since its publication, I’ve told more than one student, colleague, and reader of my websites that seemed as much of zealot for an ancient, contextualized biblical theology as I was that The Dictionary of Deities and Demons was the only reference work I could ever read in its entirety. As of [...]
MSH | October 21, 2009
That’s the title of one of the articles in the upcoming (Nov-Dec) issue of Bible Study Magazine. As many of you know, I am the Academic Editor for the magazine. I don’t make a habit of plugging work stuff on the blog, but this is a cool article that may provide some seasonal Bible Study [...]
MSH | October 16, 2009
I’ve read through the two smaller PDFs now – the ones dealing with “spirit” (ruach). I’ve been taking notes and trying to categorize the semantic range of the term (only as it pertains to humans). I’ve attached these notes, preliminary as they are, here in PDF form. I’m hoping they will guide and/or stimulate our [...]
MSH | October 12, 2009
I’ve been thinking about getting into this topic for some time. The issue can be cast in two ways. 1. In terms of biblical theology, is a human being composed of two parts (flesh/body + immaterial soul) or three parts (flesh.body + soul + spirit)? 2. In terms of recent neuro-scientific advances, is the soul [...]
MSH | October 9, 2009
That’s the contention of Dr. Ellen van Wolde. The problems in translation and interpretation in Genesis 1:1-3 are well known to Hebraists, but it’s rare for any of them to claim that the Bible teaches that God did *not* create matter, which Dr. van Wolde claims as a necessary conclusion. The first thing I thought [...]
