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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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4 Helpful Research Paper Writing Tips For Seminary Students & Researchers— An Excerpt from "Quality Research Papers"
What makes a quality religion/theology research paper?
If you're a religion or theology student, at seminary or other graduate school, t...
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The Early High Christology Club and Bart Ehrman — An Excerpt from "How God Became Jesus"
This week Bart Ehrman released his new book, How Jesus Became God, and we released the response book How God Became Jesus (HGBJ), by Michael...
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"How God Became Jesus" Reaction Round-Up
Yesterday (3/25/2014) we were pleased to release How God Became Jesus, the highly anticipated response to Bart Ehrman's new book p...
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Developments in My Field of Study — Biblical Studies & Theology Are Talking Again!
When in seminary I liked to describe the difference between biblical studies and theological studies in this tongue-in-cheek way:
Bibl...
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"How God Became Jesus": Engaging Bart Ehrman's "Christology"
Several years ago Bart Ehrman gave a fascinating interview about his faith journey out of fundamentalism—which began at Moody Bible, of all...
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Extracurricular Activities — March 22, 2014
Michael Bird on the Continuing Triumph of the “Mediating” Perspective on Paul
In a recent issue of JETS 56.4 (2013), Jack...
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Who Gets to Speak for God? John, Truth, & the Spirit—An Excerpt from "1, 2, 3 John" by Karen Jobes
Who gets to speak for God? What is the role of the Spirit in guiding the understanding of the church? What is the relationship of spiritual ...
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Developments in My Field of Study — Douglas Campbell Offers 3: 1970's Literature, Humanities Voices, Western Incarceration
Last week we here at Koinonia Blog launched an exciting new series called Developments in My Field of Study. Michael Bird headlined our all-...
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Oliver Crisp: How Is "Christology, Ancient and Modern" Unique within Historical Theological Discourse?
In January Zondervan partnered with Biola University and Fuller Theological Seminary again to offer the 2nd annual Los Angeles Theology Conf...
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Johannine Dualism in Depth: A Theological and Grammatical Engagement
I have mentioned here before that I am something of a fanboy of Zondervan's Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (ZECNT) series. ...
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Is Waiting on Tables a Ministry? (Acts 6:2) — Mondays with Mounce 221
I had a great question from a friend last week. Chris asked about the translation of Acts 6:2. The Jewish widows were being given preferent...
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Extracurricular Activities — March 15, 2014
New Research on The Bible in American Life
When Americans reach for their Bibles, more than half of them pick up a King James Version (KJV)...
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Leon Morris Remembered on His 100th Birthday: "This is Not a History"
Today we remember Leon Morris, whom Michael F. Bird calls "arguably Australia's greatest biblical scholar." Morris would have ...
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What Are All of These Laws Doing in My Bible If the Law Is Obsolete? — An Excerpt from "Old Testament Today (2nd Edition)"
Over the past several weeks we've introduced to you John Walton's and Andrew Hill's newly revised and extended foundational Old ...
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eBook Sale: This Week Only, "Finally Free" by Heath Lambert is $3.99
The porn industry generates $13 billion each year in the US. There were 1 billion searches for pornography last year. The first expos...
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Developments in My Field of Study — Bird Says: "Gospels is the Lady Gaga of NT Studies"
Today we're pleased to launch a new video series of leading Bible scholars, Developments in My Field of Study.
The purpose of this new s...
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