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Weekly Roundup October 30, 2015

October 30, 2015

Some great new stuff this week (see the Kuyper link below!), some deals, and some good new books. NOTE: You need to pause or disable any adblockers to see the books below. After pausing or disabling, refresh the page. Add our site to your program’s exception list for next time. Blogs Reformation 21 posted on the death of the evening service. B&H Posted my piece on reading the Bible devotionally in the original languages. Nota Bene is offering a 25%…

50% Off John Frame’s 1,000 Page Tome: A History of Western Philosophy and Theology

October 27, 2015

Todd Scacewater

John Frame is well-known in the Reformed camp. He’s written extensively on the doctrine of God, of the word of God, and other related theological topics. This nearly 1,000 page tome is certainly a gem. I’ve listened to Frame’s lectures on the history of philosophy and he does well….

Aposynagōgos and the Historical Jesus in John: Rethinking the Historicity of the Johannine Expulsion Passages

October 27, 2015

Warren Campbell

As the title suggests, Jonathan Bernier’s McMaster University PhD thesis, Aposynagōgos and the Historical Jesus in John, is a reconsideration of the Johannine expulsion passages found in John 9:22, 12:42, and 16:2. Bernier’s central thesis is both exegetical and hermeneutical. With respect to the former, Bernier argues….

SALE: 20 Preaching and Ministry Books Under $3

October 23, 2015

Todd Scacewater

Below you’ll find 20 books on preaching and ministry, all under $3. It’s a good time to load up your digital library on that those topics. NOTE: You need to pause or disable any adblockers to see the books below. After pausing or disabling, refresh the page. Choose not to run adblocker on this domain to save the trouble next time. Blogs Eerdmans has a list of books for pastor appreciation month. Buy your pastor one! Michael bird posted a…

Summary of Alvin Plantinga’s Warranted Christian Belief Published

October 22, 2015

Todd Scacewater

Alvin Plantinga is well-known as one of the most important Christian philosophers of our day. Many attribute to his influence the fact that many philosophers now find it intellectually defensible to believe in God (see, e.g., Mascord’s work). Even more important than that, though, is his defense of Christian belief….

Greek Matters: A Student’s Epiphany about γάρ

October 20, 2015

Todd Scacewater

Sometimes simple discoveries can change significant things. One of our assignments for third semester Greek at Westminster was to scrutinize, translate, sentence flow, and perform a discourse analysis on Romans 1:15-17. This is a familiar passage for sure. I’ve worked for a parachurch missions agency. I listen to Christian rap. I know Romans 1:16. I have heard this passage preached from many times. I have heard missionary appeals given from this passage many times. I’ve heard this line sung many times. And I have seen “116” tattoos many times. It is familiar. Glorious. But familiar….

Massive Sale on Fortress Press Academic Books: N. T. Wright, Craig Koester, Walter Brueggemann, and More!

October 17, 2015

Todd Scacewater

There’s a load of books on sale from Fortress Press, including works by Wright, Koester, Brueggemann, and more. Some of these are new and incredibly priced (like Paul and the Faithfulness of God) while many are classics, such as Zimmerli’s and Moltmann’s.

Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel: Meaning, Mystery, Community by Craig Koester ($7.99)

Paul and His Recent Interpreters, by N. T. Wright ($5.99)….

Weekly Roundup October 16, 2015

October 16, 2015

Jennifer Guo

Blogs

Over at the Crux Sola blog Christopher Skinner mentioned the latest Syndicate symposium which focuses on critical responses to Christopher Keith’s book Jesus Against the Scribal Elite. Nijay Gupta noted the latest issue of Currents in Biblical Research.

At German for Neutestamentler, Wayne Coppins worked through a few passages from Christine Jacobi’s Jesusüberlieferung bei Paulus? Analogien zwischen den echten Paulusbriefen und den synoptischen Evangelien….

Interview with Joseph Hellerman, author of Philippians (Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament)

October 14, 2015

Todd Scacewater

Earlier, we reviewed Joseph Hellerman’s Philippians volume in the Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament series from B&H Academic. Dr. Hellerman is Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Talbot School of Theology. We tracked him down to interview him about his book because, as a site devoted to exegesis, we wanted to know from someone….

Philippians (Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament), by Joseph Hellerman

October 12, 2015

Todd Scacewater

This handbook on the Greek text of Philippians is part of B&H Academic’s EGGNT series, several volumes of which we have reviewed. Each volume is aimed at intermediate Greek readers and focuses on syntax, vocabulary, and grammar. But each volume is also slightly distinctive, given an author’s chosen emphases.

Hellerman begins with a brief commentary introduction, concluding that Paul wrote the letter from Rome. He writes one long paragraph on aspect and Aktionsart….

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