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A Truly Inspiring Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics from Craig Bartholomew

There many introductions to biblical hermeneutics, but none have truly inspired me in the many ways Craig Bartholomew’s has. His Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics is truly a tour de force of the many methodologies, historical precedents, and disciplines that are wrapped up in the process of interpreting the Bible. This book has inspired me in at least two ways. First, I’ve never seen another hermeneutics textbook that includes a chapter on lectio divina and the necessity of listening to Scripture, as Bartholomew does in ch. 2. I was inspired…

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Weekly Roundup February 26, 2016

Blog Evangelical Textual Criticism interviewed Hugh Houghton, Reader in NT Textual Scholarship at the University of Birmingham (UK) and Deputy Director of the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing (ITSEE) there. This two-part interview is on his new book on the Latin NT. Our own William Varner has revived his own blog and posted a neat little tradition history of the idea that Israel would tie a rope around the ankle of the High Priest to pull him out in case he…

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It’s Time to Rethink Traditional Covenantal Theology

Ever since Johannes Cocceius in the seventeenth century, the dominant model for federal or covenantal theology has been the Covenant of Works — Covenant of Grace dichotomy. This bi-covenantal scheme holds that Adam was under the Covenant of Works, potentially with the reward for obedience of eternal life, while all covenants after the fall were covenants of….

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Weekly Roundup February 19, 2016

Charles Ryrie died this week. He was a prolific theologian and the reports of his life are nothing but tribute and honor. Wish I had known him.

We featured David Croteau’s book on 40 “urban legends” of the NT, giving you five as typical examples of myths to put to rest….

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Galatians (Concordia Commentary), by A. Andrew Das

The purpose of the Concordia Commentary series is to serve “pastors, missionaries, and teachers of the Scriptures to convey God’s Word with greater clarity, understanding, and faithfulness to the divine intent of the text” (x). To that end, the convictions of the series are that Scripture is Trinitarian, Christ-centered, and Christological. The….

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Five Myths about the New Testament You Should Re-Examine

David Croteau has written a unique book with a sneaky purpose: to teach good hermeneutics. Many hermeneutics textbooks spend hundreds of pages on theory with some examples here and there. But not many books have been written with only examples of good exegesis for the purpose of teaching good exegesis….

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