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The Contours of the Land in Israel's History

March 19, 2024 | Andrew E. Hill

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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November 16, 2015 | bill-mounce

My Good Pleasure? – Mondays with Mounce 273

Paul tells the Philippians that “it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work on behalf of his good pleasure (ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐδοκίας...

November 9, 2015 | bill-mounce

One Word Can Make All the Difference - Mondays with Mounce 272

I came across a couple interesting verses. My comments are not so much about grammar as they are about translation, but thought it would be ...

November 2, 2015 | bill-mounce

Can you have a “twice Sabbath” (Luke 18:12)? - Mondays with Mounce 271

This phrase in Luke gives us a great example of how words have bundles of meanings, and you have to move beyond the one or two word glosses ...

October 19, 2015 | bill-mounce

Can “Yes” and “Although” mean the same thing (Rom 1:21)? - Mondays with Mounce 269

Paul is arguing that all the world clearly understands God’s invisible attributes, and therefore they are without excuse for not responding ...

October 12, 2015 | bill-mounce

Relative Time with Participles - Mondays with Mounce 268

One of the challenges in teaching first year Greek (and writing a first year Greek grammar) is the question of simplification. How much do y...

October 5, 2015 | bill-mounce

Judgment and Snare of the Devil (1 Tim 3:6-7) - Mondays with Mounce 267

I am preparing a talk on leadership, so I have been spending some good time back in the Pastorals. I came across a great example of two geni...

September 28, 2015 | bill-mounce

The Vanilla δέ (Matt 28:16) - Mondays with Mounce 266

The final sequence of events in Matthew 28 raises an interesting question about the δέ in v 16. The angel told Mary and Mary to tell the d...

September 21, 2015 | bill-mounce

Money Bags (Luke 10:4; 12:33; 22:35, 36) - Mondays with Mounce 265

Jesus says, “Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out” (NIV; cf. NRSV, NLT, NET). I ...

September 14, 2015 | bill-mounce

The Problem of Pain - Mondays with Mounce 264

I’ve had a great summer. Good meeting with the CBT on the NIV. Time at the cabin with my wife Robin. And all the kids came back for a week b...

September 7, 2015 | bill-mounce

Mounce Archive 22 - Using Biblical Languages