Biblical Studies

Aug
20

How to Get (Almost) Half Of A Seminary Education for $1,500 —TOTAL

I had the conversation again. The guy had a job, but was hungry to level-up his theology and Bible knowledge.
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Nov
30

What if Revelation was written by John...the Baptist?

The first step to writing a commentary is to question the traditional authorship. I don’t know why; it just
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Nov
27

LIVE STUDY: Mary and Elizabeth Weren’t Cousins?

Merry Christmas! cousins I was walking to Cheers-fil-a and listening to Catholic Answers (because I find that apologetics discussions get
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Nov
14

Should We Back Off The Papyri?

Though a series of events I won’t get into here, I was reading Stan Porter’s paper, Why so
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Nov
01

Wallace: There Are 1,838 Differences Between Textus Receptus and the Majority Text

When I introduce New Testament transmission history and textual criticism, it is amazing to me that there will always be
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Oct
23

All the Manuscripts!

You guys, you guys, you guys, YOU GUYS! Check this out: Scribes of the Cairo Geniza I get embarrassingly giddy
2 min read
Oct
18

Carson Was Right

For Greek this semester, part of our assignment was to read D.A. Carson’s Exegetical Fallacies, a standard work
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Sep
27

Fun Additions from the Dead Sea Scroll

Sitting in on a class exploring the Septuagint (usually abbreviated with the Roman numerals LXX), which is basically exploring the
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Sep
04

Why Don't We Care About the Text of Old Testament

One of the project I can’t wait to dive into is textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible. Right now,
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Aug
09

The Locusts (And Not Helicopters) of Revelation 9:7-11

Another interesting quote from Klein, Hubbard and Blomberg regarding Revelation 9:7-11. Or again in 9:7-11, the bizarre description