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Discourse Analysis Annotated Bibliography
Discourse analysis is a sub-discipline within linguistics that is used to analyze discourse at a level larger than the sentence. Before discourse analysis evolved, linguists were concerned primarily with morphemes, words, phrases, and at most, sentences. But linguists in the latter half of the twentieth century began developing tools and theories for analyzing paragraphs, sections, and entire discourses. These discourses may be oral or written, and discourse analysis is intended to handle both mediums of communication….
A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism
A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism, edited by Matthias Henze, offers a wide selection of essays on the overarching techniques of early biblical interpretation, as well as particular examples from specific texts (i.e. Use of the Scripture in the Community Rule, in The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, or in the Genesis Apocryphon)
41rfiH0yyVLThe introductory essay by James Kugel (comprising Part 1 of the volume) is especially helpful. He begins by outlining historical factors that contributed to the rise of early biblical interpretation, focusing particularly on the Babylonian exile. Among the returnee’s from Babylonian deportation, there was not only an increasing need to reestablish Israelite society with the scriptures of Israel,…
Book Deal: A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life, $5 on Kindle
Get this work now from WTS Bookstore for only $5 on Kindle. Compare this cost with $41 for hardcover on Amazon and $30 for Kindle.
This is a massive, 1,055 page book that “offers a groundbreaking treatment of the Puritans’ teaching on most major Reformed doctrines, particularly those doctrines in which the Puritans made significant contributions. Since the late 1950s, nearly 150 Puritan authors and 700 Puritan titles have been reprinted and catalogued by Joel Beeke and Randall Pederson in their 2006 collection of mini-biographies and book reviews, titled, Meet the Puritans. However, no work until now has gathered together the threads of their teaching into a unified tapestry of systematic….
Keep Your Greek: Strategies for Busy People, by Constantine R. Campbell
Constantine Campbell is a lead contributor on the latest discussions concerning verbal aspect theory and has put his knowledge of the language to good use with his most recent book on Union with Christ. Not only is Dr. Campbell worth noting because he is a highly proficient Greek scholar and professor, but he is also jazz musician who knows the value of practice and hard work and uses these insights to inform his approach to maintaining your knowledge of the language. With excellent reviews from Craig L. Blomberg….
Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, by G. K. Beale
Beale is widely known for publishing extensively on the New Testament’s use of the Old. This work provides the student with a distilled outline of his entire exegetical method for interpreting the OT in the NT. In chapters 1 and 2, Beale introduces the reader to the discipline of Old in the New studies, surveying various interpretive and methodological developments….
Your Go-To Online Summer GERMAN Course
Need to learn German for graduate programs? I highly recommend Erasmus Academy’s online seminar course in German. I took this course in the summer of 2012 and it was one of the best language courses I’ve taken. This year in runs May 18-July 8 (8 weeks total). The deadline to sign up is May 1. If you do take the course, please remember to tell the professor that Todd Scacewater referred you….
Reading Koine Greek, by Rodney Decker
Rodney Decker has produced a new Koine Greek grammar that focuses on translation from the very beginning and includes extra-biblical Greek to allow exposure to wider forms of Koine. This work is entirely suitable for use in Greek 1 & 2, although the professor may find the following review helpful for determining whether it fits his or her tastes before ordering a review copy….
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Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) was prime minister of the Netherlands from 1901 to 1905. He developed Neo-Calvinism, which emphasizes the sovereignty of Jesus over all mental pursuits and supports the idea that there exists….
Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures Volume I
James H. Charlesworth, the Princeton Professor and editor of the standard two volume The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, noted that the recently edited volume, Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures Volume I, is “…high on the list of the most important publications in biblical studies over the past twenty-five years” (xi). Richard Bauckham, James R. Davila, and Alexander Panayotov have together produced an exciting addition to the area of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha studies….