MSH | January 16, 2012
In the wake of my earlier post on the Law of Moses, where Milgrom’s essay puts forth the issue of disagreements within the contents of the Torah and introduces the idea of later appliaction or adaptation of the Torah, I thought it would be good to survey where the phrase occurs — indeed, where the [...]
Category: Bible Study, Biblical History, Bibliology, Pentateuch |
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Tags: Deuteronomy, Hilkiah, law of moses, Pentateuch
MSH | October 6, 2011
To continue with what separates a good commentary from a lame one (with respect to engaging the original text), we’ll look at a New Testament example this time. For newcomers, please see my first example, as well as the post that started this trajectory about ending Bible study as most think of it. Like the [...]
Category: Bible Study, New Testament, Research Tools, Use of OT in NT |
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MSH | August 30, 2011
That’s the title of a short piece by Larry Hurtado on his blog today. It’s certainly worth a read to catch his distinction. Technorati Tags: Bible, canon, New Testament, scriptures
Category: Bibliology, canonicity |
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MSH | July 16, 2011
I was doodling today, and this came out. Really. Last night when I should have been grading some papers I was in the mood to do some work on my next four-week teaching session at church. You’ll know how unusual that was when I tell you it’s going to be on prophecy (stop chuckling). I’m [...]
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MSH | July 7, 2011
I love stuff like this journal article by Mikeal Parsons: “Exegesis ‘By the Numbers’: Numerology and the New Testament.” I have an interest in this kind of thing (no surprise to those of you who know me – “if it’s weird, it’s important”). In the OT it makes things like the genealogies and lifespans interesting. [...]
Category: Bibliology, New Testament, Numbers |
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