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Esther is notorious for not mentioning “God.” He is working behind the scenes in his sovereignty to orchestrate events to work for the preservation of his people and for justice against their enemies. But, did you know that the word “God” actually occurs 26 times in Esther? Well, at least in the additions Old Greek….
Anyone studying Christianity faces the task of dealing also with Greco-Roman culture. If affected Christianity in multiple ways, from the early philosophical ideas of Plato and Aristotle that filtered down to the Stoics and Epicureans of the time of the….
Ephesians is not easy Greek. The sentences are complex and flowing; the syntax is ambiguous; genitives abound and interpretive decisions never cease. The Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament series from B&H Academic has so far produced many volumes, such as John, Philippians, and others. This latest volume covers every phrase in Ephesians with acute exegetical skill as well as concision. One of the best features of this volume is how brief it is. It spans only 246 pages,…
This week we tackled the most difficult passage to interpret in Colossians, 2:16-19. Verse 18 has the most difficult phrase, “which things he has seen, entering.” The phrase “worship of angels” is also a problem — is it subjective, or objective….
Koine Greek Reader: Selections from the New Testament, Septuagint, and Early Christian Writers, by Rodney J. Decker (Kregel Academic, 2007), 310 pages. Many students wonder what to do to keep their Greek. Rodney Decker was a fantastic Greek professor that obviously cared deeply about his students’ knowledge of the language. His recent grammar Reading Koine Greek breaks some new pedagogical ground and includes many helpful exercises and practice that professors can use in the classroom and that students can use on their…
Remembering the three guidelines for distinguishing between subjects and predicate nominatives is difficult. But if you can get the guidelines down, you’ll save yourself a lot of time and errors when reading Greek….
In the last two and a half centuries, biblical theology has come to the fore, and among topics in biblical theology, the role of covenant and how the covenants relate to one another looms large. Two broad approaches to the relationship between the OT covenants and the New Covenant have emerged: dispensationalism and covenantalism. While dispensationalism is newer to the scene,…
This week we ventured into Luke’s Gospel and translated through Mary’s Magnificat, Luke 1:46-55. As you’ll see, we noted that about 11 of the 12 verbs are aorists, with the only present-tense verb being the very first one, “my soul is magnifying the Lord.” Why do you think all the other verbs are aorists? Comment below to help us out! Especially if you have any sources on it. If you want to tackle some similar Greek from Acts, check out William…
This volume came out at the same time as, and as a good complementary volume to the Bloomsbury Companion to Lexicography. Although there is not much overlap in the content, they are two important fields in linguistics (or in lexicography’s case, a field associated with linguistics) that those of us in biblical studies must take heed of….
There is a shortage of user-friendly resources for learning biblical Aramaic. Recently, Miles van Pelt published a grammar with a reader that goes through every Aramaic verse in the OT. There are some helpful grammatical and morphological notes throughout, but not…
