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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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How to Translate Meaning (Monday with Mounce 153)
My dad is working on a new translation of the gospel of Mark for the Discipleship: Foundation Track on BiblicalTraining.org. I thought you m...
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When is it a question? - Gal 1:10 (Monday with Mounce 152)
Jay asked, “How do you know that this sentence is interrogative?” (speaking of Gal 1:10). I love it when I get question that is so basic tha...
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“All” What? - Jn 12:32 (Monday with Mounce 151)
I was asked why John 12:32 is always translated as “when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all (people or men) to myself” rather than...
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How can the genitive mean “in”? - Gal 2:16 (Monday with Mounce 150)
Someone asked, “I am curious why Gal 2:16; 3:22, and Rom 3:22, 26, are translated as ‘faith in Christ’ when the genitive case is used.” Good...
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Father’s “house” or “business”? - Luke 2:49 (Monday with Mounce 149)
When Jesus’ parents finally realized they had left Jesus in Jerusalem, returned, and finally found him, Jesus’ response is surprising to all...
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“Make Yourself God” - John 10:33 (Monday with Mounce 148)
Someone sent me a blog post that says, “You don't need to be a Greek scholar to know that the Greek grammar of John 10:33 is the way on...
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Who’s Doing the Groaning? - Rom 8:26 (Monday with Mounce 147)
I was a bit surprised to find that this is an issue of some debate: who is doing the groaning in Rom 8:26, the believer or the Holy Spirit?
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Strike or Kill - Joshua 20:3 (Monday with Mounce 146)
I came across a good example of semantic range today in church. I know Monday with Mounce is about Greek, but a little Hebrew wouldn’t hurt ...
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Loving God, Others, and Ourselves (Monday with Mounce 145)
I received two questions a while back and I thought I would answer them.
The first was that the comment that there is no imperative in the G...
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Spiritual “Gifts” or “Things” - 1 Cor 12:1 (Monday with Mounce 144)
Usually adjectives used substantivally (i.e., as nouns) are pretty easy to figure out. Between the meaning of the adjective and the context ...
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“Law” or “the Law” - Rom 6:15 (Monday with Mounce 143)
We all know that Greek uses ὁ differently than English uses “the.” In fact, I am hesitant to even talk about the Greek definite article, sin...
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The Concordance of Grace - 2 Cor 6:4 (Monday with Mounce 142)
It is interesting to trace the use of “grace” (χάρις) through 2 Cor 8:1-9. Paul is making use of the semantic domain of χάρις to mean “grace...
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Covenants and Wills - Heb 9:16-17 (Monday with Mounce 141)
I received this question a while back, and it turns out to be a fascinating exercise in exegesis. In fact, after reading the literature, I h...
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Prepositions can be such a pain - Rom 8:9 (Monday with Mounce 140)
I don’t know about you, but prepositions can be such a pain. It is strange to think that something that is so often ambiguous could have bee...
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"You" and "You" - Singular or Plural? (Monday with Mounce 139)
I wish modern English had a different form for “you” plural. It would solve some sticky translation problems. So until then, I guess we all ...
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ἀπό, glosses, and "away from" - 2 Tim 1:3 (Monday with Mounce 138)
I had a great comment about a previous blog, and I thought I would follow up. It helps show the kind of transitions we all...
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