Link to Roundup on Bruce Waltke

Byhenry April 11, 2010

Brian LePort has a good roundup of commentary on this issue which also mentions Tremper Longman. (HT: sunestauromai)

John Walton on Different Hermeneutical Presuppositions

Byhenry March 19, 2015

In an interview published on The Jesus Creed, though released by IVP, John Walton comments on different hermeneutical presuppositions. He is referring to the endless debates about how and when creation took place, but the ideas might be useful regarding other topics. Walton: We too easily believe that the world of biblical interpretation is a…

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Christian Carnival #302 Posted

Byhenry December 12, 2007

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Experience, Authority, and Paul (Galatians 1:1-2:14)

Byhenry January 6, 2017

Last night for my perspectives on Paul series I reviewed what we’ve discussed so far and wrapped up my discussion of Paul’s claim to authority as an apostle. I can summarize this as follows: The Bible records religious experience, i.e., people’s experience of God in one way or another. (Even revelation, such as a vision,…

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Literary Criticism

Byhenry April 10, 2006

To conclude the content part of my series on Biblical criticism, I want to discuss literary criticism. Much of the practice of literary criticism is similar to genre and to a lesser extent canonical criticism. Essentially, literary criticism involves forgetting about the historical and theological aspects and simply reading the Bible as literature. One can…