Bible in Literature Quiz
Literary allusions. Quiz is here. HT: Alan Mann. I made 10/10, but a comment in the HT post may have helped. On the other hand, I haven’t read half of the literary works referenced–just the Biblical side!
Literary allusions. Quiz is here. HT: Alan Mann. I made 10/10, but a comment in the HT post may have helped. On the other hand, I haven’t read half of the literary works referenced–just the Biblical side!
Many years ago, more years than I will admit to, I went into a Jewish book and supply store and requested a copy of the “Hebrew Old Testament.” I recall vividly the look on the store clerk’s face, and I apologized, but it’s not an error that you can recover from easily. To a Jew,…
Via Exploring Our Matrix, I found this post at Think Christian. Many Christians believe that one should never question the Bible, especially if one is a Bible teacher. I know this to be true, because I’m a Bible teacher, and I question the Bible with some vigor, and not only do I not answer all…
I’ve previously expressed my surprise about what some people can believe about the Bible and yet call their belief “inerrancy.” As an example, I responded to Earnest Lucas’s excellent commentary on Daniel in which he maintains that one can hold both inerrancy and a late dating of Daniel. I think a good one sentence summary…
This post relates to my follow-up on my second session of studies on the Gospel of John. First, I’d like you to read my earlier Textual Criticism – Briefly. This dates from 2006, but I don’t see anything I need to correct. I would like to expand on a few points, however. On the matter…
The Christian Post has a portion of an interview with John Piper in response to the question: Why was it right for God to slaughter women and children in the Old Testament? How can that ever be right? And the first sentence of his answer is the title of this post. I can hardly tell…
Sailhamer, John H. Genesis Unbound: A Provocative New Look at the Creation Account. Sisters, OR: Multnomah Books, 1996. Note (January 11, 2017): I just discovered while writing about Dr. John Sailhamer’s death, that there was a new edition of this book published in 2011, shortly after I wrote this review. My interest in this book…
Interesting quiz. I didn’t do so well, 7/10. Guess I’m not that familiar with some ‘classics’ as I should be.