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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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Craig Blomberg Interview Online
  
Dr. Craig Blomberg and Mariam Kamell just released the inaugural volume in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Te...
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Koine English for Koine Greek
by Mark Strauss
by Mark Strauss
I have to admit, I’m a bit of an iconoclast. Nothing drives me crazy more than smug satisfaction or blind acceptance by those who are convi...
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Craig L. Blomberg" class="t-blog-listing__feed-title">"Whoever Isn't with Me is Against Me" (Or is it the Other Way Around?)
Craig L. Blomberg
Craig L. Blomberg
"‘Master,’ said John, ‘we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him because he is not one of us.’ ‘Do not s...
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Hebrew Corner 14: Atonement (kipper)
In our discussion several weeks ago of Cain and Abel’s sacrifice, we made passing reference to the Hebrew word kipper usually translated ...
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The Uniqueness of Jesus' Birth
By Darrell Bock
By Darrell Bock
One thing we can always trust about the Christmas season is that there will be a report in the press that challenges traditional Christian...
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Hebrew Corner 13: What is in a Name? (Isa 9:6) by John H. Walton
Since we are now in the advent season, it would be appropriate to explore one of the primary passages that is a topic for advent studies,...
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ETS Day 2 by Bill Mounce
ETS is now over and many of the people have move on to Boston to attend IBR (Institute of Biblical Research) and SBL (Society of Biblical L...
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ETS Day 1 by Bill Mounce
  
Greetings from the first day of the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. We are in Providence, Rhode Isla...
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James 5 (Commentary and Discussion with Craig L. Blomberg
Over a period of five weeks, we've asked Craig Blomberg and Mariam Kamell to blog through the book of James. Their commentary, the fi...
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Hebrew Corner 12: Cain's Sacrifice
by John H. Walton
by John H. Walton
In popular circles the tradition that Cain’s offering was unacceptable because it was not a blood sacrifice is still very common, despite ...
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Hebrew Corner 11: Divorce (Deut. 24:1-4)
by John H. Walton
by John H. Walton
Last week we discussed the nature of the Hebrew stem system, the means by which the language indicates a variety of relationships between ...
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James 3—Brothers and "Sisters" as Teachers? Commentary and Discussion with Craig Blomberg
Over a period of five weeks, we've asked Craig Blomberg and Mariam Kamell to blog through the book of James. Their commentary, the fir...
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Hebrew Corner 10: The Blessing of Abraham on the Nations
by John H. Walton
by John H. Walton
This week we are going to be dealing with some Hebrew verbal forms rather than a specific word study. Hebrew verbal roots may occur in a v...
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Hebrew Corner 9: Curse and Bless
by John H. Walton
by John H. Walton
Blessing and curse are common terms in Genesis from the initial blessing in Genesis 1 to the curses of Genesis 3, 4 and 9, and then to th...
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The Canaanite Woman of Matthew 15 by Lynn H. Cohick
The story of the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15:21-28 (cf. Mark 7.24-30) is one of the most problematic stories in the New Testament. The ch...
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Pain in Childbearing (Hebrew Corner 8)
by John H. Walton
by John H. Walton
Today we want to look at an example where we have to consider the relationship of noun and verb forms. When Hebrew has nouns and verbs that ...
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