Hebrew Codices for Download

Byhenry January 29, 2010

Seforim Online provides downloads of some pretty nice stuff. I downloaded Codex Leningradensis. Details at Awilum.

NLT Blog Tour Continues

Byhenry September 24, 2009

First, catching up, the 9/22 host was The Church of Jesus Christ, with the review is here. Yesterday, the tour continued right here with my review and an interview with Keith Williams. Keith provided some very helpful answers. The tour continues at This Lamp today, and Rick’s review is already posted. You can find all…

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Christian Carnival CCCXVI Posted

Byhenry February 24, 2010

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Reflecting on the Flood

Byhenry December 2, 2006

In a previous post I commented on the two flood stories, so instead of covering each and every point of the flood story again here, I’d like to reflect just a bit on the story of the flood. I’ll resume my verse by verse commentary toward the end of Genesis 8. The flood story is…

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The Value (and not so much) of the Anchor Bible

Byhenry April 5, 2008

At this point I’m nearly half way through my study through 2 Corinthians with Victor Paul Furnish’s Anchor Bible Commentary, on which I made introductory comments earlier. This note is not so much about 2 Corinthians as about the series in general, and especially some of the newer volumes. I absolutely don’t recommend this series…

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Similarities and Differences

Byhenry April 5, 2007

I am continuing to study through Isaiah with Brevard Childs Isaiah from the Old Testament Library, and I found another quote I want to share with a very brief comment. In discussing the literary connections between chapter 34 and 2nd/3rd Isaiah, he says: . . . For example, are the vocabulary affinities between chapter 34…

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Can Scripture Be Its Own Interpreter?

Byhenry August 30, 2015

I’ve been thinking a bit about this common statement, and I think the answer is both “yes” and “no.” And therein lies a significant problem, if not several! I recall an online discussion some years ago with a gentleman who maintained that one should always take what he called the plain meaning of the text….