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Joyful Judgment—Transferring into the Kingdom of God (A Play On a Few Greek Words)
Read more: Joyful Judgment—Transferring into the Kingdom of God (A Play On a Few Greek Words)Photo credit: “Tullow Church of the Most Holy Rosary South Transept Window Mysteries of Light and Pope John Paul II Detail Proclamation of the Kingdom of God 2013 09 06” by Andreas F. Borchert is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. We read in Col. 1:13 (ESV) that the entrance of believers into the Kingdom of God begins in…
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The Greek New Testament (Cambridge/Crossway edition): I Like Big “Buts” & I Can’t Elide
Read more: The Greek New Testament (Cambridge/Crossway edition): I Like Big “Buts” & I Can’t ElideMy first exposure to The Greek New Testament published jointly by Cambridge University Press and Crossway was at the recent SBL conference in Boston (if you’re interested in all of its unique features, methodology, rationale, etc, you can check out a little explanation here; similarly, here is a detailed blog that addresses several issues surrounding the…
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The Art of Translation: An Example from Luke 2.49
Read more: The Art of Translation: An Example from Luke 2.49The Text that Started It All I received this text message from a friend: “Quick…need a translation/explanation of Luke 2:49.” I found the necessity of a hurried response to be a bit peculiar. Who would need a translation of a verse so promptly? Nevertheless, I supplied my quick, and rather ‘wooden’, translation from the Greek…
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Review of Reading the Sealed Book by J. Ross Wagner
Read more: Review of Reading the Sealed Book by J. Ross WagnerJ. Ross Wagner. Reading the Sealed Book: Old Greek Isaiah and the Problem of Septuagint Hermeneutics. Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press, 2014. 308 pages. Softcover. Retail: $49.95. Reading the Sealed Book is a work concerned with Septuagint hermeneutics, especially as it pertains to Isaiah. For those not familiar with Septuagint hermeneutics, the first chapter alone…
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My JSNT Article on Gal. 3.4 is Out
Read more: My JSNT Article on Gal. 3.4 is OutThe September 2013 issue of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament is now available online and will be in print shortly. My article on the meaning of the Greek word ΠΑΣΧΩ in Galatians 3.4 is included in the volume (“Suffering In Vain: A Study on the Interpretation of ΠΑΣΧΩ in Galatians 3.4,” JSNT 36.1…
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Raging Bull: How the Bible Bashed my Face In
Read more: Raging Bull: How the Bible Bashed my Face InOne of the most difficult tasks of the serious Bible student is to read the Bible as the word of God and not as an assignment. Like most people, I changed major three times during my first year of college. First, I was an engineering major. This was, without doubt, the result of knowing very…
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That Time I Almost Became a Muslim
Read more: That Time I Almost Became a MuslimMy friend, Aaron, and I walked into a Mosque on a Sunday afternoon looking for a fight. Or at least I was. Aaron was just being nice by going with me. I was in a class that required me to dialogue with Muslims about their faith and my faith with a slant towards apologetics. As…
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Frederick W. Danker (1920–2012)
Read more: Frederick W. Danker (1920–2012)Yesterday was a somber day for every student of New Testament Greek. Arguably the world’s foremost Greek lexicographer, Frederick W. Danker, passed away at the age of 91. In the world of New Testament studies there are a number of “giants” who stand shoulders above their peers. Professor Danker was one of those giants. For…
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Esther & Cover-up?
Read more: Esther & Cover-up?[Update (2/14/2014)—My new book Esther and Her Elusive God: How A Secular Story Functions As Scripture is now available. My posts on this site represent stages in the development of my thinking about Esther. For the full argument check out the book]. Over the last three weeks I’ve been looking at the book of Esther. In post…
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Red Letter Bibles: Should Publishers Print Them?
Read more: Red Letter Bibles: Should Publishers Print Them?There is love, in the red letters There is truth, in the red letters There is hope for the hopeless, peace and forgiveness There is life, in the red letters These lyrics come from the song Red Letters sung by dc Talk in their album, Supernatural, released in 1998. For some, this song is undoubtedly…