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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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Highlights of the ETS 2010 Annual Meeting by Craig Blomberg
The theme of this year’s meeting was “Justification by Faith.”  Themes for annual meetings of the ETS determine the choices of topics...
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ZECNT Reviews Around the Web
The blog tour for the new volumes of the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament is only a couple weeks away, but even before ...
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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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Was there really no room at the Inn?
We are accustom to Christmas plays and TV specials which feature Joseph and Mary being told “there is no room at the inn” by a burly looki...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 11/28/2010
The posts from last week's sessions in Atlanta continue. Michael Bird shares his personal highlights which climax with responding to Wri...
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Wednesday Giveaway (Thanksgiving Edition) - Keller and Wright DVDs
A Happy Thanksgiving to all our American readers (and a delayed one to our Northern neighbors).
This week we have something of a special gi...
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(Re)Telling the Christmas Story
As the Holidays get into full swing and Christmas quickly approaches, it is easy to get caught up in the season. There are parties to atten...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 11/21/2010
The big news this week was of course the ETS, IBR, and SBL conventions in Atlanta. ETS and IBR are reported to have had record turnout, whi...
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Common Prayer - A Daily Liturgy
“O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you as the day rises to meet the sun.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as...
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Mythology and Meaning: How we read the Scriptures
“A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.” - Fl...
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Wednesday Giveaway (Delayed Edition) - The Bible Among the Myths
It’s time for another Wednesday giveaway, this time brought to you as a special Thursday edition thanks to some car troubles that ensured I...
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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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Extra-Curricular Activities 11/14/2010
This made my morning. Michael Bird shares the 10 things you must do at ETS / SBL.
Posting angry comments on theological blogs? - Why Don Mil...
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Wrestling with Parakeet Passages
Around the blogosphere there are a couple people are using Scot McKnight’s The Blue Parakeet as a springboard for wrestling with diff...
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ZECNT Blog Tour!
**Thanks to everyone who signed up for the blog tour! The response was excellent and the excitement around the ZECNT volumes is great to se...
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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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