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Hermeneutics in Action: Interpreting John's Gospel, by N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird
“The task of hermeneutics is to clarify this miracle of understanding, which is not a mysterious communion of souls, but sharing in a common meaning.” –Hans-Georg Gadamer [1]
The...
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Does God “Knew” or “Knows” his own? (2 Tim 2:19 and Covid-19) - Mondays with Mounce
The relationship between time and aspect can sometimes be a tad elusive. Is Paul talking about God’s prior knowledge (“knew”) or his ongoing...
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The Trinitarian Formula in 1 John 5:7–8 - Mondays with Mounce
One of the ongoing attacks on modern translations has to do with the Trinitarian formula in 1 John 5:7–8. The accusation is that modern tran...
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Reading Revelation in Context
Reading Revelation in Context: John's Apocalypse and Second Temple Judaism offers a welcome series of accessible studies that illustrate bot...
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Hermeneutics in Action: Interpreting John's Gospel, by N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird
“The task of hermeneutics is to clarify this miracle of understanding, which is not a mysterious communion of souls, but sharing in a comm...
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Is Jesus God? Hear N. T. Wright's Answer
What did the first Christians think of Jesus? Did they believe he was God, or was that a later development? What did "Son of God" mean to ea...
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Michael Bird on The New Testament in Its World, working with N. T. Wright, and the keys to fruitful New Testament study.
Michael Bird has been busy. Among other projects, this prolific scholar was the impetus for the idea of The New Testament in Its World, the...
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N. T. Wright on The New Testament in Its World, vocation, and how Jesus still challenges our worldviews today.
In this interview, N. T. Wright discusses:
what the New Testament summons us to dohow Jesus challenged first-century (and twenty-first-c...
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Coffee Reception at AAR/SBL with N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird (2019)
N. T. Wright and Michael Bird will be speaking at a special coffee reception at the AAR/SBL Annual Meeting (2019) on what we must change in ...
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Which Commentary is Right for You?
Which commentary is right for you?Commentaries are a unique resource that help you dig into the Bible like no other tool. At Zondervan we ha...
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Paul's Theology of Work
Probably one of the pieces of First and Second Thessalonians that has really captured my interest is the way that Paul talks about work. I u...
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Is Paul anti-Jewish in 1 Thessalonians 2?
There's a particular section of 1 Thessalonians 2, where Paul talks about Jews that have persecuted the prophets and Jesus and are making tr...
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The meaning of 1 Thessalonians 5:17: What it means to "pray without ceasing"
Paul believed that prayer was interaction with God with our spirit to God's Spirit. When a device pairs with something there's this kind of ...
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Did Solomon write Song of Songs?
One of the big questions related to the book is who wrote the Song of Songs. And there are really two options. Either, it was Solomon or som...
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Who wrote 1 & 2 Thessalonians?
When you read 1 and 2 Thessalonians, it seems pretty obvious that the Apostle Paul wrote them because his name is at the beginning of both t...
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What is Majority Text Theory?
The Majority Text theory is quite different from those who embrace the textus receptis. Although often they are mingled together.
By s...
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Where is Nineveh?
Where is the city of Ninevah?
If you get out a modern map, look for the city of Mosul because the city of Mosul is actually located i...
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