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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ETS Paper on ESV/TNIV (Monday with Mounce 50)
This is a bit off-topic, but thought I would share about my paper at ETS on the ESV/TNIV. Basically I think it went well, and hopefully set ...
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ETS Update 2: An Inklings meeting at the Conference
Another highlight from the first day of ETS was a visit from Dr. Hal Poe, co-author of The Inklings of Oxford. He stopped by just to chat an...
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ETS Update #1: BTNT reception with Andreas Kostenberger
Dr. Andreas Kostenberger visited the Zondervan Academic booth today for a special reception celebrating the release of A Theology of John...
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John Hannah interviewed on "Between Two Worlds"
John Hannah was recently interviewed about his new book, An Uncommon Union: Dallas Theological Seminary and American Evangelicalism, by Just...
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Zondervan authors featured on CNN.com re online church
The conversation about internet church services continued this week in an article on CNN.com, "Online Churches draw Believers, Critics...
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Words, and the Word of God—γαρ (Monday with Mounce 49)
I want to continue the conversation from last week when I was talking about verbal, plenary inspiration but this time from the formal side....
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Get ZIBBCOT (and Other Titles) at 60% Off at ETS, IBR, SBL
This is as good as it gets.
At the ETS, IBR, SBL annual meetings next week, we're offering a generous 60% discount on several new reso...
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Free Copies of Kostenberger's new theology volume at Biblical Foundations
Dr. Andreas Kostenberger and his team at www.biblicalfoundations.org are giving away copies of A Theology of John's Gospel and Letters. ...
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Words, and the Word of God (Monday with Mounce 48)
One of the interesting issues that come up in discussions of translation theory is what I would call the mixing of the idea of a “word” and ...
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Read Daniel Block's commentary on Judges for FREE
For the entire month of November, enjoy browsing the entire commentary on Judges for FREE on Scribd. We'll be posting additional...
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A More Serious ZIBBCOT Video
A few days ago, we introduced you to a less-than-serious look at general editor John Walton's life as an OT professor and scholar. Here&...
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John Walton Lives the Old Testament - A Video
We've been talking a lot about ZIBBCOT (the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary: Old Testament), but we haven't said ...
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Concordance in 2 Cor 3:5-6 (Monday with Mounce 47)
Having touched on the topic of concordance last week, it is interesting to be asked about the ESV’s lack of concordance in 2 Cor 3:5-6.
No...
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ZIBBCOT is "Commentary Set of the Year" and Other Blog Reviews
Bloggers have been weighing in on ZIBBCOT over the past weeks. Here are some of the first reviews:
“The only way I can put it is this: ev...
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Gary Burge: On writing "The Bible and the Land"
The Bible and the Land is an attempt to explain how the geographical and cultural themes in the Bible provided vibrant metaphors for how t...
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Rom 2:27, 29—Conflicting Translation Procedures (Monday with Mounce 46)
I was asked the other day about the translation of γραμμα in Romans 2:27. “In verse 27, the ESV went with ‘written code’ but it verse 29 the...
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