Bible in Literature Quiz

Byhenry February 17, 2009

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!

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Monumental Hodge-Podge Biblical Studies Carnival
Byhenry May 4, 2011
It has been concocted and posted at Dr. Jim’s Thinking Shop. It is monumental. And a hodge-podge. Like I said.
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More on the Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription
Byhenry January 13, 2010
Douglas Mangum has some important new links and notes, particularly on the tendency to try to build too much on the reconstruction of a single inscription. The cautions that apply here could be well applied to most discoveries, and generally are not, and likely will not be. Caution and deliberate consideration are valuable!
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Popular Exegesis – Cutting the Knot
Byhenry August 3, 2009
David Ker at Lingamish has started a series in which he looks for ways to bypass the Grammatical-Historical approach to Bible study and look for ways that would allow more people to get involved in the study. To quote: … In fact, GHI [Grammatical-Historical Interpretation-HN] rather than illuminating the texts almost always results in muddying…
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Reading the Bible Chronologically
Byhenry September 3, 2012
A number of bloggers have responded to Marcus Borg’s article at the Huffington Post on reading the New Testament chronologically. Responses include Gaudete Theology, Bill Heroman, and Philip J. Long. I’d suggest reading those responses before reading my few comments. Here are some points that struck me: Borg contends that there is a trajectory of…
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New Biblical Studies Carnival
Byhenry August 2, 2010
Jim West has brought back the Biblical Studies Carnival. (HT: TCOJC)
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Preaching from the Old Testament
Byhenry June 27, 2015
No, I’m not going to do it, but I’m going to ask Dr. Bob Cornwall some questions about it. He’s currently preaching a series in his church from 1st & 2nd Samuel. Bob is one of my Energion authors (see his book list here), and is editor of the two book series we publish in…
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One Comment

Bible Quiz says:

May 28, 2009 at 10:35 pm

Interesting quiz. I didn’t do so well, 7/10. Guess I’m not that familiar with some ‘classics’ as I should be.

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