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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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Extracurricular Activities 9.6.14 — Erasmus & Ephesians, Repetition in the Bible, and John Owen's "Mortification"
Fred Sanders on Erasmus "Milking" Ephesians
Erasmus of Rotterdam taught the Renaissance world how to take a thought and expand it, expound i...
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How Does the Doctrine of the Trinity Relate to Scripture, Tradition, & Mission — An Excerpt from "Two Views of the Doctrine of the Trinity"
On Tuesday, we released an important new book I expect will encourage evangelicals, among others, to consider the language and place we give...
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[Common Places] The Promise and Prospects of Retrieval: Recent Developments in Trinitarian Theology
About twenty years ago when I applied from seminary to graduate school, I sent along as my writing sample a seminar paper on current trends ...
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Common Places: A New Forum for Old Conversations
Alexander Solzhenitsyn characterized modern literary and artistic culture as exhibiting “a stubborn tendency to grow not higher but to the s...
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My Advice to Students — Lynn Cohick Says, "Take Paul's Advice in Philippians"
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By now most seminaries have received a fresh (and seasoned) crop of students eager to learn the Bible ...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields: Was God Tired and in Need of Rest after Creation?
I suspect the answer to this question is obvious to most who might read this column. Hopefully, however, demonstrating the answer will prove...
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Exploring Two Views on the Doctrine of the Trinity: Classical and Relational
It is the doctrine of the Trinity which fundamentally distinguishes the Christian doctrine of God as Christian... (CD, I/1, 346)
So wrote K...
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Mounce Archive 7 — Mounce Needs Help: Why is Ἰάκωβος James and not Jacob?
Everyone needs a sabbatical once in a while, and Bill Mounce is taking one from Koinonia blog until September. Meanwhile, we’ve hand-picked ...
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Extracurricular Activities 8.30.14 — Kinship-Terms, Rabbinic Judaism, & Academic Freedom
Larry Hurtado Shares Important Studies of Kinship-terms and Forms of Address
Through reading the recently-published thesis of one of our PhD...
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Is the Doctrine of the Trinity Useful? Relevant? — An Excerpt from "Two Views of the Doctrine of the Trinity"
Inevitably, in a discussion about the nature of God and the Trinity, the question "Why is it important to believe the Trinity?" arises.
As ...
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Philippians with Lynn Cohick 5 — The Most Challenging Idea in Philippians is a "Tall Order!"
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That's how professor Lynn Cohick describes Paul's most challenging idea in her new Philippians comment...
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Which Doctrine Has Seen A Revival of Interest? The One Barth Placed Front and Center
“The doctrine of the Trinity stands front and center of the Christian faith and its articulation.” (13)
Jason S. Sexton makes this declarat...
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Theology Award Winners, 2013-2014. Plus an Invitation to Instructors.
(Photo: Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam, painted by Lucas Cranach the Elder)
Did you know Zondervan Academic partners with colleges, univer...
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Biblical Greek Award Winners, 2013-2014. Plus an Invitation to Instructors.
(Photo: Granville Sharp, from Memoirs of Granville Sharp, esq., by Prince Hoare)
Did you know Zondervan Academic partners with colleges, uni...
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Mounce Archive 7 — One More Reason to Learn Greek: Play on Words
Everyone needs a sabbatical once in a while, and Bill Mounce is taking one from Koinonia blog until September. Meanwhile, we’ve hand-picked...
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Extracurricular Activities 8.23.14 — 2nd-Temple Divine Names, Mistreating Creation, & Feeling African-American Pain
Joel Willitts Shares a Solution to the Problem of the Historical Origins of the Bible and Jesus
I found this very interesting passage in Mar...
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