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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 died. Will shows you where it actually comes from...
We reviewed this little interpretive lexicon that analyzes all the little Greek words that help discourse hold together. You should have this one right next to your Greek Bible!
You should also read up on our Book of the Week, Jeffrey Niehaus’ biblical theology of the covenants. His life’s research has emphasized that “covenant” should be understood in the sense of second-millennium BC suzerain-vassal treaties. He argues for a modified bi-covenantal structure that all traditional covenant theologians will now have to reckon with.
Book Sales
Crossway has their Theologians on the Christian Life books on sale for a limited time, only $3.99 each! These are fantastic books at a great price.
Worship Through the Ages, $2.99
10 Questions Every Christian Must Answer, $2.99
Ten Commandments: Ethics for the Twenty-First Century (NAC Studies in Bible and Theology), by Mark Rooker, $2.99
One New Man: The Cross and Racial Reconciliation in Pauline Theology, by Jarvis Williams, $2.99
10 Questions about Prayer Every Christian Must Answer, $2.99
Salvation by Grace: The Case for Effectual Calling and Regeneration, by Matthew M. Barrett, $0.99
New Books
Field Hospital, by William Cavanaugh.
- Eerdmans sent me a copy by mistake (wrong address), but I’m glad they did! This book engages with Catholic social teaching on covers a lot of issues that I will be sure to read up on, including subsidiarity, the myth of religious violence, political theology, the mystical and the real, and more. It looks like a really helpful book for thinking about how the church is to engage culture.
