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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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Do Christians Really Enjoy Creation? (Monday with Mounce 95)
I have had a couple interesting experiences lately, and they culminated in my thinking about 1 Tim 6:17, which says that God “richly provid...
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Why Must Perseverance Finish? - James 1:4 (Monday with Mounce 94)
I saw the strangest wording today. The pastor was reading passages on joy out of the NIV (1984), and he came to James 1:4. “Persevera...
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Can Jesus Sanctify Himself? (Monday with Mounce 93)
Came across a great illustration in church today about the nuances and complexities of translation.
The pastor was preaching on John 17:17-...
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What’s a “Strong” Tower? - Prov 18:10 (Monday with Mounce 92)
In church today we sang the song, “the name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and they are saved.” I checked the upd...
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“Should” or “Will” Perish? - John 3:16 (Monday with Mounce 91
We teach students in first year Greek that the subjunctive mood carries the idea of “should” or might.” But then they come to a verse like ...
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Was Jesus’ Body “For” You or “Broken” for You? - 1 Cor 11:24 (Monday with Mounce 90)
My brother-in-law asked me a question that came up in his Bible study the other day, and it illustrates several interesting points of Greek...
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The Cycle of Life — Personal Reflection (Monday with Mounce 89)
I never got a chance to reflect on some of things that happened at the last ETS in Atlanta, but there is one thing of a personal nature I w...
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“Are being saved” - 1 Cor 15:2 (Monday with Mounce 88)
Paul writes to the Corinthians, “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,...
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Are you Christian “Nice”? (Monday with Mounce 87)
I was in a strange situation the other day. I ran into a couple who had been part of a difficult situation in my past. For the wife’s part,...
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Is it “He” or “Which” that Sanctifies? Heb 2:11 (Monday with Mounce 86)
Someone asked me a while back about the word that begins Heb 2:11, ὅ (smooth breathing and accent). It looks like a relative pronoun, which...
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Can the Imperfect not be Continuous? (Monday with Mounce 85)
One of the dangers of learning Greek is that after a while you feel like you have a handle on things and don’t need to keep reviewing gramm...
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Is the Holy Spirit a She? (Monday with Mounce 84)
Heard a fascinating piece of bad exegesis the other day. The Holy Spirit is a she. 
The basis of this claim was that the Hebrew word ...
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Weird Passives (Monday with Mounce 83)
We normally teach passives in a straight forward way. The subject of a passive verb receives the action of the verb. "The answer was g...
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Thoughts on Keeping your Greek
I'm up early this morning, as usual. Today it is so I can practice the indicative forms of λύω for a quiz I'll be taking in a...
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Dative Absolute? (Monday with Mounce 82)
My son Tyler is learning Greek at Biola University. Not many dads get to spend Skype time helping their son translate Greek. And who says k...
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Fight for the Faith: Jude 3 (Monday with Mounce 81)
Jude writes to his church that they are to “contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.” He wanted to write to the...
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