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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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Influential Books and Authors: Christopher J.H. Wright on Chambers, Hercus and more
Each week in Influential Books and Authors we hear from a noted scholar on the author(s) and book(s) that have been most important to them f...
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Now, About all that Killing...by Robert L. Hubbard Jr.
Joshua part 3
Bam! That’s the mental sound I imagine readers hear when they read the book of Joshua for the first time. Let’s be honest: re...
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Joshua: The Movie by Robert L. Hubbard Jr.
Joshua part 2
Actually, there’s no "Joshua" movie …. I just wrote that to get your attention! ;-)
But if there were, its hero wo...
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Everybody Needs a Little Love (Monday with Mounce 39)
Everybody needs a little love.
I am a bit surprised I haven’t been asked this question earlier, but I did just receive one about the diffe...
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Put Together by a Committee! by Robert L. Hubbard Jr.
Joshua part 1
Surprise! I’ll bet that you didn’t know this: a committee, not Joshua himself, wrote the book of Joshua. In fact, that commi...
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The Philistines by V. Phillips Long
One of the most obvious uses of background studies is to help readers learn more about the peoples of the ancient world that are mentioned ...
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Influential Books and Authors: Darrell L. Bock on Sanders, Pentecost and reading history
Each week in Influential Books and Authors we hear from a noted scholar on the author(s) and book(s) that have been most important to ...
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Understanding the Book of Mormon, part 5 by Ross Anderson
How Latter-day Saints Experience the Book of Mormon
My theme this week is the relationship Latter-day Saints have with their formative sc...
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Understanding the Book of Mormon, part 4 by Ross Anderson
How Latter-day Saints experience the Book of Mormon
In this series of posts, (see posts one, two and three) I’ve been discussing ho...
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Calvin's 500th?
Anyone who subscribes to Koinonia via RSS feed was given a sneak peak at a forthcoming post from Dr. Michael E. Wittmer yesterday. I acciden...
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Understanding the Book of Mormon part 3, by Ross Anderson
My book, Understanding the Book of Mormon, provides an overview of the content of the Book of Mormon and explores the claims Latter-day Sa...
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by Michael F. Bird and Craig Keener" class="t-blog-listing__feed-title">Jack of all Trades and Master of None: The Case for "Generalist" Scholars in Biblical Scholarship
by Michael F. Bird and Craig Keener
by Michael F. Bird and Craig Keener
Michael F. Bird and Craig Keener posted an excellent article on the Society of Biblical Literature's forum. Below is an excerpt. The...
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Understanding the Book of Mormon, part 2 by Ross Anderson
How Latter-day Saints experience the Book of Mormon, part 2
In this series of posts, I am exploring the multi-faceted relationship Latter-...
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Romans 8:13 and the Meaning of μελλω (Monday with Mounce 38)
David wrote me about the use of μελλω in Rom 8:13. The question has to do with the relationship between μελλω and the use of the future. Are...
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Understanding the Book of Mormon by Ross Anderson
How Latter-day Saints experience the Book of Mormon, part 1
Joseph Smith called the Book of Mormon the keystone of the Mormon religion. It ...
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Shamgar son of Anath by Daniel Block (3:31)
Who is this guy? This deliverer gets only one verse in the Bible—no wonder he is mysterious. Daniel Block sorts it out for us in his Judge...
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