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Hélène M. Dallaire discusses Mastering Biblical Hebrew
HÉLÈNE M. DALLAIRE (PhD, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) is Earl S. Kalland Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages and Chair of the Old Testament Depar...
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In "How God Became Jesus" Charles Hill Shows How Ehrman's Central Thesis is the Book's Central Problem
I have been making my way through Bart Ehrman’s new book How Jesus Became God (HJBG). As an historical theologian I was most interested in ...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields — The Art and Force of Ps 119:1-8: Part 3
The first two parts of this series focused on the first two verses of the first stanza of Ps 119. In this blog we will look at the rest of t...
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Wait on the Lord (Ps 27:14) — Mondays with Mounce 222
Let’s have a little fun in the LXX. I have been especially interested lately in what it means to wait on the Lord. Sometimes I call out to ...
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Extracurricular Activities — March 28, 2014
Michael Bird Discusses Bart Ehrman’s New Book in BibleGateway Interview
One of the contributers to How God Became Jesus is theology profess...
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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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