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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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Longman and Dillard on the book of Samuel in the Septuagint and Masoretic Text
How different is the book of Samuel in the Septuagint compared to the Masoretic Text? Turns out, they are quite different indeed – and Louis...
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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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Extra-Curricular Activities 05/12/12
Michael Bird - Book Notice: Journeys of Faith 
Scot McKnight - Bonhoeffer on Telling the Truth
James K.A. Smith - An Engagement with &...
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The Ruthless Monk reviews "Think Christianly"
Recently Leslie Keeney shared a very thoughtful review of Jonathan Morrow's Think Christianly at her blog, The Ruthles...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Bringing Jesus to the Desert
Through the third to sixth centuries – as Christianity struggled with its new role as a legal (and soon official) religion, and the mix of o...
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Why do Evangelicals Swim the Tiber?
Recently Wheaton College hosted a discussion about Evangelicals converting to Roman Catholicism. The sessions featured authors of Jour...
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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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Extra-Curricular Activities 05/05/12
15 Spectacular European Libraries (or, my dream vacation)
Michael Bird - Evangelical Confessionalism and Academic Freedom
Mariam Kamell Appo...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Hebrew for the Rest of Us
Last week we gave away Greek for the Rest of Us, and this week you have a chance to win the companion volume, Hebrew for the Rest of Us by L...
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Software and Hardcover Sets of the Revised Expositor's Bible Commentary Coming Fall 2012
An award-winning legacy continues; completely revised and featuring world-class evangelical scholarship, the Expositor’s Bible Commentary wi...
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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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Extra-Curricular Activities 04/28/12
Kevin DeYoung – D.A. Carson on The Spiritual Discipline of Sleep 
Justin Taylor – On Evangelicals Swimming the Tiber 
The Gospel...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Greek for the Rest of Us
Learning Greek is an invaluable tool for studying the New Testament, but many of us cannot afford the time or cost of years of Greek classes...
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Michael Bird on The Jesus Lens
Michael Bird shared some thoughts on How to Read the Bible Through the Jesus Lens today at Euangelion. 
“This is a charming little bo...
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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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Extra-Curricular Activities 04/21/12
The Gospel Coalition - Eugene Peterson on the Reading and Writing Life of the Pastor
Gordon T. Smith - The New Conversion: Why We 'Becom...
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