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War in the Bible: an Examination of Biblical Conflict and Violence
The Bible doesn’t flinch at portraying the world’s violence, especially during wartime. And while there is no such thing as a kind and gentle war, you might be surprised to learn t...
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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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Influential Books and Authors: Mark L. Strauss on Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
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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Would You Want a Digital Textbook?
Back in February '09 we gave away two Sony Readers. The winners were chosen at random from a drawing collected at the ETS and SBL annua...
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Is 1 Corinthians 13 Poetry? (Monday with Mounce 37)
We had an interesting experience on the ESV translation committee when we were doing 1 Cor 13. We were working really hard on the passage, p...
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Gideon's Fleece by Daniel I. Block
Practices that appear in the Bible may at times seem very strange to us. When we encounter them we may at times supply our own intuition to...
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Influential Books and Authors: Robert M. Bowman Jr. discusses Luther, Erasmus and F.F. Bruce
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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Walter C. Kaiser discusses Old Testament studies and Hermeneutics
Dr. Walter Kaiser talks about his favorite areas of research: Old Testament studies and Hermeneutics.
A question for only his former studen...
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Ancient Burial Practices by Dale Manor
When Ruth pledges to Naomi "Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried" (Ruth 1:17), her words are pregnant with far-r...
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Influential Books and Authors: Tremper Longman III discusses Cornelius Van Til
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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Preview of a NEW book on THE INKLINGS
Inklings of Oxford Sample Chapter
Inklings of Oxford Sample ChapterZondervan Academic Members of the famed Inklings literary circle lived i...
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