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The Contours of the Land in Israel's History
The Land of Palestine
The land of Palestine took its name from the Philistines (the Pelishtim in Hebrew) who settled along the Mediterranean coast from Joppa to Gaza about 1300–12...
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Animal Rights and Imago Dei by Walter C. Kaiser Jr.
On April 9, 2009, The New York Times ran an op-ed piece by Nicholas D. Kristof entitled "Humanity Even for Nonhumans" He argued t...
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"Ephesians and Resurrection" by Lynn H. Cohick
The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ is central to the evangelical faith, and is fixed firmly in the Church’s creeds. But how does this ...
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Virtual Community as Real Community: A respone to Shane Hipps by Douglas Estes
Last month on the Out of Ur blog, Shane Hipps shared in an impromptu interview at NPC what he believes to be severe problems with labeling o...
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Gary Burge on Kenneth Bailey's "Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes"
Gary Burge's article in Books and Culture is well worth reading. For the full article go here.
Following is an excerpt:
Most scholars re...
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Influential Books and Authors: John Walton on his favorite authors and the Genesis commentary
Each week in Influential Books and Authors we hear from a noted scholar on the author(s) and book(s) that have been most important to ...
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Crucial Books in Johannine Studies by Gary Burge
Students often ask me about the books I have found most useful in my study of the Fourth Gospel. After devoting a significant part of my ca...
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Digitally Preserving the Word of God — Daniel B. Wallace
My sabbatical from teaching duties at Dallas Seminary began officially on July 1, 2008, but it actually got started on May 23. I’ve had the...
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Top Seven Scholarly Books (Not Commentaries) on James* by Craig L. Blomberg
*So Far This Decade!
Commentaries on biblical books usually get a lot more attention than other works, especially more scholarly ones. Havi...
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Influential Books and Authors: Clinton E. Arnold
discusses J.O. Fraser and G. Whitefield
discusses J.O. Fraser and G. Whitefield
Each week in Influential Books and Authors we hear from a noted scholar on the author(s) and book(s) that have been most important to ...
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Cheerleading
by Miles Van Pelt
by Miles Van Pelt
At Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi I have the distinct privilege of teaching all three biblical languages – Hebrew, A...
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Influential Books and Authors: Craig Blomberg discusses I. Howard Marshall and Philip Yancey
Each week in Influential Books and Authors we hear from a noted scholar on the author(s) and book(s) that have been most important to t...
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Pay to Play: Discussing Paul's Roman Citizenship
by Lynn Cohick
by Lynn Cohick
"Pay to Play" has become a catch-phrase in the Chicago-land area where I live. Our governor has been impeached by the State House...
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Hebrew Corner 16: Jephthah’s Daughter
First, I just want to mention that this will be the last Hebrew Corner post (at least for awhile). After the holidays I will be starting ...
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What Christmas Is All About — By Ajith Fernando
I have just returned from a year-end programme at one of our centres. Though a majority of those at the programme were youth, there were a...
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Hebrew Corner 15: Nineveh's Response
Jonah 3:5 describes the Ninevite response to the prophet’s oracle of judgment. NASB indicates that the Ninevites "believed in God,&q...
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Journalistic Integrity, the Bible, and Marriage in Newsweek's Gay Marriage Piece: A Need to Give Context
by Darrell Bock
by Darrell Bock
The issue of sexuality has hit the front page again. Barack Obama selects Rick Warren to pray at the inauguration and all the forces of sup...
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