Who is the ‘John’ of Revelation?
Early Church Fathers identify John the apostle as Revelation’s author, but style and theology could suggest a different John. Which arguments are stronger?
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Neither Jew Nor Greek: James Dunn’s Capstone to His History of Early Christianity
The history of early Christianity has taken one of the prime spots in recent NT research. Revisionist histories abound, and new perspectives on old data are welcome. But the attempts to canvas in detail the first 150 years of Christianity are few and far between….
Murray Harris’ Guide to Commentaries on John Based on their Various Strengths
The following is an excerpt (pp. 14-15, posted with permission) from Murray Harris’ Exegetical Guide to John’s Gospel, our Book of the Week for December 14, 2015.
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Throughout this Guide references are made to five commentaries that are written in English or translated into English and are based directly on the Greek text of John. They are:
C. K. Barrett, The Gospel according to St. John: An Introduction with Commentary and Notes on the Greek Text. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1978.
Your Guide to Three Greek Exegetical Problems in John
You’re sitting at home enjoying a nice show when your doorbell rings: it’s a Jehovah’s witness who wants to share with you about how Jesus is a god. How do you respond? Do you tell him you’re busy and shut the door? Do you engage in a debate with him? Do you pull out your Greek New Testament to discuss the grammatical complexities of John 1:2? There are many reasons we as Christians and academics should know Greek grammar solid, and this is only one of them. Of course each Christological passages in the Bible require careful exegesis and close attention to the language used, otherwise how would we know whether our theology of Christ is actually grounded in what the biblical authors wrote?….
Aposynagōgos and the Historical Jesus in John: Rethinking the Historicity of the Johannine Expulsion Passages
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….
Interview with John Goldingay on New Book, Do We Need the New Testament?
In 2012 I was in the Dominican Republic helping to rebuild a church when I got into a discussion about whether we really needed the Old Testament. I tried to defend the OT by arguing that the NT by itself would be like a childrens’ coloring book, with all the shapes drawn but with no color to fill in the pictures to get all the fullness of the biblical picture of God and his purposes. I also pointed out that many heresies likely would arise without the OT to guide us in our understanding of God. Well, John Goldingay has done away with a defensive strategy and he’s gone on the offense. He flips the common question of whether we need the OT on its head and asks: Do we really need the New Testament?…
My Recently Published Articles
I recently updated my publications page as a way of making my work easily available to any who might be interested in the topics addressed. I uploaded PDFs of my three peer-reviewed articles, which may be of interest to anyone working in these areas. Any feedback is appreciated. Scacewater, Todd. “Galatians 2:11-21 and the Interpretive Context of ‘Works of the Law’.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 56 (2013), 307-23. I argue here that Gal 2:15-21 should be interpreted in…