Blogs
Brian Davidson at the Center for Ancient Christian Studies interviewed Ken Penner on his forthcoming book, The Verbal System of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which discusses how the Hebrew language evolved between the Bible and the Mishnah.
Larry Hurtado discusses the issue of the history of the emergence of orthodoxy….
Crossway has released a new ESV Bible that lists each verse on its own line. I’m not one for this type of Bible, but I know many are, especially since it can facilitate Scripture memory by allowing you to single out and focus on one verse at a time. The major downside of a Bible like this is the inability to see the organization of thought via paragraphs, but sometimes paragraphs can lead you astray as well! I thought I might allow Crossway to try to convince you of the benefits….
For some students, learning vocabulary is a breeze. For others, it’s like pulling teeth. Brains are simply wired differently and memorizing vocabulary will be easier for some than for others. The same is true for keeping your vocabulary. Just because you memorized words once for that final exam does not at all mean you will remember them. In fact, vocabulary probably slips away faster than other parts of the language, such as grammar and syntax. You will probably always remember that a subject is generally in the nominative case, and that an adverbial participle modifies a verb, but you may quickly forget what θηρίον means….
In Constantine Campbell’s latest book, Advances in the Study of Greek: New Insights for Reading the New Testament, he summarizes in two chapters the use of discourse analysis by New Testament scholars over the past few decades. A summary of these chapters and some evaluative comments might be helpful for those interested in discourse analysis….
Blogs
B&H Academic interviewed Joe Hellerman about his Philippians volume in the Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament series. We have a review of his book coming up soon.
Larry Hurtado posted on methodological concerns for studying early Christianity….
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C. S. Lewis, in Mere Christianity, writes that “you find out more about God from the Moral Law than from the universe in general just as you find out more about a man by listening to his conversation than by looking at a house he has built.” Thinking carefully about the connection between God and morality has apologetic value, as Lewis notes. Indeed, Lewis and a great number of other Christian apologists have thought the connection such that an argument from morality to the existence of God is possible. Beyond that, such an inquiry involves thinking about both the nature of God (e.g., His omnibenevolence and aseity) and the nature of mankind (e.g., our origin and moral knowledge)….
Blogs The biblical studies blogosphere was a bit vacuous this week. The biggest news is that Larry Hurtado posted a summary of the articles in the latest NTS arguing that the Jesus’ wife fragment is a forgery. It seems that there is now a consensus on the matter, unless serious rebuttals be given. We posted our first Keep Your Greek post on which Greek Bible is best to help you.. well, keep your Greek. We also posted reviews of BibleWorks 10, part…
Part 1 of this review series looked at BibleWorks 10’s design and interface, highlighting its simplicity but also warning those with high-res devices. This post will focus on BW 10’s new features, some of which are simple but extraordinarily helpful.
One feature I’m excited about is the “Forms” tab. When you hover over a Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic word, the forms tab will show you every form of that word that appears in that textual version….
This is part 1 of our review of BibleWorks 10. This post will discuss the interface and design of BibleWorks, which I have always appreciated the most about the program because of its simplicity and down-to-business look. One friend says it looks like it was built for MS-DOS, which was a humorous exaggeration, but it truly is a simple, text-based design for serious exegetes. Moreoever, it’s lightweight and loads and operates far quicker than Logos, which is a beast even on my brand new, high quality Lenovo Yoga Pro 2. Searches on BW are nearly instantaneous and can be quite complex, as I’ll demonstrate in future posts. For now, let’s look at this simple, yet elegant design….