MSH | August 18, 2010
Yes, that’s right – another digital first from Logos. This item just went on prepub. More specifically, the interlinear is made from Rahlf’s LXX Greek and the NRSV English of the Apocryphal books. The Greek has tagged morphology. Read all about it at the link above, especially if you are unfamiliar with the magic of [...]
MSH | August 16, 2010
We might as well jump into this. As a way to get everyone into the conversation, here is an article to read. It’s by Gerhard Hasel and entitled, “The Significance of the Cosmology in Genesis 1 in Relation to ANE Parallels.” Technorati Tags: cosmogony, cosmology, creationism, Genesis, polemic
MSH | August 15, 2010
In this post I want to hit on what is known as the “literary framework” view of Genesis 1. Basically, this view suggests that what happens on each of the creation days makes no scientific sense — but makes very good sense in terms of a deliberate literary design to show a correspondence between days [...]
MSH | August 15, 2010
Pardon this non-academic spasm. Some of you know I’m a big fan of fantasy football. I’ve already been through a couple of drafts this year, with a few more scheduled. It occurred to me that it might be fun to create a league for Naked Bible readers. Scholars who take themselves too seriously need not [...]
MSH | August 9, 2010
After a few more posts on Genesis and creation we’ll jump into the LXX, as the minority requested. I’ve decided to assign some reading for that, so everyone is somewhat on the same page by the time we get there. Here are 33 pages from Jennifer Dines’ excellent introduction to the Septuagint (Septuagint (Understanding the [...]
