Abba Doesn’t Mean ‘Daddy’

| May 13, 2013

Earlier today I saw something come up in my Twitter account that I appreciated. It was a tweet from New Testament professor Will Varner. The link Will provided led me to this online post at the Gospel Coalition site: “Does Abba Mean ‘Daddy’?” The brief post outlines why the answer is no. Scholars have actually [...]

Society of Biblical Literature Papers Available Online

| February 11, 2013

This link from the Ancient World Online (AWOL) will take you to a few dozen SBL seminar papers that have been made available for free. These were all SBL conference papers. Some that I downloaded: Michael Pietsch, University of Hamburg Prophetess of Doom: Hermeneutical Reflections on the Huldah Oracle (2 Kings 22) Gerbern S. Oegema, McGill [...]

Divine Council Overview on DVD

| February 11, 2013

I’ve been asked many times whether I have video lectures on “all your divine council stuff.” Until now the answer has been no. Readers may recall that well over a year ago I went to a conference event in PA that had something to do with the divine council. That event was the first time [...]

Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch: Changes in Law in Deuteronomy

| 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. [...]

Mike’s Divine Council Book First Draft Now Completed

| January 2, 2012

Many of you know that I’ve been working (puttering is more accurate) on a book for non-specialists (i.e., lay people and pastors, not the academy) on what I refer to as the divine council worldview fo the Bible. It’s entitled The Myth That Is True. I’ve been at it for years. The day has finally [...]


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