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Christian Carnival CXXXVIII: The Kingdom Beacon Herald

Byhenry September 6, 2006

The Christian Carnival CXXXVIII has been posted and for the first time I’ve submitted an entry from this blog.

Go! Read! Enjoy!

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Source and Redaction Criticism: Ehrman on Job
Byhenry October 6, 2008
In chapter six of his book God’s Problem, Ehrman tackles the book of Job. (My notes on the book as a whole are here.) He describes the book as coming from two sources, one containing the narrative portions, and one containing the poetic dialogues. This view is not that exceptional, though one should also consider…
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All #1 Meme
Byhenry January 1, 2010
James McGrath has proposed a meme, and it even got past my prejudice against memes. He asks for a phrase that makes your blog #1 in the Google search results. I found “she-bears homily” which finds my post which is a proposed a homily given the scripture on Elisha and the She Bears. I don’t…
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Biblical Languages: Balancing Fast Reading and Slow Study
Byhenry January 9, 2007
Continuing my suggestions for maintaining Biblical languages skills, I want to discuss briefly the balance between fast reading and the more serious, detailed, grammatical study. Most students who make an effort to maintain their Biblical languages skill–and unfortunately small percentage in my experience–set out on each passage of scripture to study the text as though…
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The Problem with Bible Outlines
Byhenry July 28, 2016
Outlining is a valuable practice in Bible study. It can Help you understand the relationship between sections of a passage Direct you to the key point Clarify ambiguities Give you a feel for the structure of an author’s argument Clearly some of these overlap. One of the common practices in teaching the Bible, however, is…
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Let’s Get Critical
Byhenry July 12, 2013
It’s amazing to me how frequently we are do biblical criticism, but are not sufficiently critical in evaluating the results. Now don’t take this as the complaint of someone who is afraid that biblical criticism will undermine the scriptures. I think the Bible can handle it. It’s not that I don’t think there will be…
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Textual Criticism Summary from Parchment and Pen
Byhenry September 11, 2008
C. Michael Patton presents Textual Criticism in a Nutshell, though what he means more precisely is New Testament textual criticism in a nutshell. It’s quite a good introduction giving a feel for the types of variants and why they might occur, and also why we might prefer not to call them “errors” considering that some…
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