Biblical Studies Carnival XXXIX Posted
… at Dr. Platypus. There’s always good stuff in this carnival, though I never get around to reading everything I intend to!
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Fundamentally Altered Viewpoint
ByhenryAlan Lenzi, of Bible and Ancient Near East, asks a simple question: Does awareness of the ANE archaeological, linguistic, cultural, and textual materials discovered in the last 150 years or so fundamentally alter our understanding of the Hebrew Bible? As soon as I’ve finished writing this short post I’m going to go to his blog…
Can the Bible Be Alone?
ByhenryClayboy asks whether “the Bible alone” is an oxymoron. Now I sympathize with the question, because I have been dealing in another forum (the issue arises in the last 100 messages or so) with someone who seems to think that a text can have meaning with no context at all, or more precisely that the…
Dave Black: Ten Best Books for Studying New Testament Greek
ByhenryDavid Alan Black has posted a new essay, Ten Best Books for Studying New Testament Greek. The majority are books I have read and/or are on my shelves, but there are a couple that are just on my “need to read this list” and a couple more I’m going to add. I note that when…
Christian Carnival CCLXVII Posted
Byhenry… at Christ’s Bridge.
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 – What Paul is Thankful For
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Logos Blog is Back and Free Commentary Offer
ByhenryI got an e-mail late yesterday telling me that the Logos Blog is back and advertising a free commentary volume. I find the Logos software to be an essential of my Bible study day, and though I know very little about the commentary series that is offered (Cornerstone), the names involved read like a who’s…