MSH | May 4, 2012
This review of Peter Enns’ short but important book, Evolution of Adam, The: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins, is getting some discussion on the web. I just finished Enns’ book, so I want to share some impressions of this review and what Enns is saying. I’ll eventually post something of [...]
Category: Biblical Theology, Bibliology, Genesis, Genesis 1:1-3, Soteriology |
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Tags: Adam, creation, doctrine, Enns, evolution, Genesis, Paul, theology
MSH | May 3, 2012
Todd Bolen posted a short, interesting piece today on why the book of Esther is not found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Check it out! Technorati Tags: canon, esther, Qumran, scrolls
Category: Bible and Archaeology, Bibliology, canonicity |
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Tags: canon, esther, Qumran, scrolls
MSH | March 20, 2012
In this final post on the issue of the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, I want to examine a couple items in the New Testament. As noted before, my position is that “law of Moses” is an appropriate designation for the Torah/Pentateuch despite sound evidence that Moses did not write all or even most of [...]
Category: Bibliology, Book of Exodus, Deuteronomy, Genesis, Hebrew Bible, Numbers, Pentateuch |
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Tags: authorship, Jesus, john, law of moses, New Testament, Pentateuch, Torah
MSH | March 6, 2012
In my previous post on JEDP I said this post would be my last on that topic. In the intervening days I told someone in the comments page that I would add a post to the topic – the best example I can think of for changes made in OT law between Exodus and Deuteronomy. [...]
Category: Bibliology, Book of Exodus, Deuteronomy, divine council, Hebrew Bible, Pentateuch |
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Tags: awl, Deuteronomic, Deuteronomist, editing, elohim, law, Moses, Pentateuch, slave, Torah
MSH | March 3, 2012
I’m thinking this will be my next-to-last post on JEDP. The topic has not generated much discussion, so I’m going to move on. Can’t say I’m surprised. I’m not all that interested in composition of the Pentateuch myself. Toward the end I’ll sketch what I think. In this post I want to just give you [...]
Category: Bibliology, Deuteronomy, Genesis, Hebrew Bible, Numbers, Pentateuch |
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Tags: authorship, Documentary Hypothesis, JEDP, Mosaic, Mosaic law