Link: The Comma Johanneum

Byhenry March 10, 2020

Bill Mounce discusses the evidence that the added trinitarian formula in 1 John 5:7-8 is not original. This is a summary of well-known evidence, not breaking new ground, but is one of the clearest presentations I’ve seen.

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Quick Follow-up on Hebrews 2:6-8

Byhenry November 8, 2014

I commented earlier on the difficult choices involved in translating an Old Testament reference that does not match the Old Testament passage in your own translation. Here’s an example from the NIV1984. First, Psalm 8:4-6 – what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You…

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Nice Note on the Johannine Comma

Byhenry February 8, 2011

This article by Daniel B. Wallace includes some nice material about how the groundwork for textual criticism is done.

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Discussion on Verbal Aspect

Byhenry October 13, 2014

I exchanged a few e-mails today with Dave Black about Greek verbal aspect. He has quoted me on his blog, and I’ve extracted the material for the jesusparadigm.com site, so there’s a permanent link. What I said wouldn’t make a full discussion, so it’s best to read it there in the full context. My own…

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More on the TNIV

Byhenry March 16, 2007

I was a bit put off at first by certain rhetoric on the new TNIV Truth blog, and I must confess that anonymity doesn’t rank high with me, even when I understand the motivations. Now the blogger there has “outed” himself and also posted a note on the TNIV on one of my pet peeves–discussions…

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Linguistics Conference at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Byhenry February 22, 2018

Re: Linguistics and New Testament Greek: Key Issues in the Current Debate It’s more than a year away, April 26-27, 2019, but this conference looks like about the most fun you can have on a seminary campus without breaking the rules! I see several names I know, some well, and one Energion author, Thomas Hudgins,…