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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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields — Whose Eye (Zechariah 9:1)?
One of the clear indicators of a difficult passage is when the versions vary. Zechariah 9:1 is a good example. Let’s look at some popular tr...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields — No “Yes,” But Two Nos: Zechariah 1:4
The last few posts have been a little heavy. In this post, I would like to focus on a lighter matter, which I hope you find interesting and ...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields — Words and Emotion: Isaiah 6:5 (Part 2)
In the last post, we began looking at the question of the emotion implied in the word נִדְמֵיתִי (nidmêtî), translated “I am undone” (KJV, A...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields: Hebrew Verbs and Hebrew Stories
The Old Testament is full of gripping stories that are quite memorable. Understanding something of the Hebrew verbs can enhance one’s readin...
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Knowing God Rests on Knowing the Biblical Languages — An Excerpt from "Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar"
Consider this: God chose to reveal and incarnate Himself to humanity through the specific languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek as much a...
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Why Study Biblical Hebrew? Neglect the Languages, Lose the Gospel, Says Luther!
In a week Hebrew and Greek professors will be confronted with that perennial one word question:
Why?
Why study the original biblical langua...
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Pre-order Savings on the Zondervan Biblical Languages Collection from Logos
Zondervan Biblical Languages
Collection
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Wednesday Giveaway - Old Testament Hebrew Vocabulary Cards
A few weeks ago we gave away two sets of Biblical Greek
flashcards, and this week we are featuring the Old Testament Hebrew Vocabulary
Card...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide
This week’s giveaway, Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide, by Miles Van Pelt, is a handy, newly released, at-a-glance reference with summaries...
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Strike or Kill - Joshua 20:3 (Monday with Mounce 146)
I came across a good example of semantic range today in church. I know Monday with Mounce is about Greek, but a little Hebrew wouldn’t hurt ...
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Longman and Dillard on the book of Samuel in the Septuagint and Masoretic Text
How different is the book of Samuel in the Septuagint compared to the Masoretic Text? Turns out, they are quite different indeed – and Louis...
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Seek Righteousness; Find Righteousness - Prov 21:21 (Monday with Mounce 107)
We read Prov 21:21 this morning in church. “Whoever pursues righteousness (צדק) and love finds life, prosperity (צדק) and honor (NIV).” Tw...
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What’s a “Strong” Tower? - Prov 18:10 (Monday with Mounce 92)
In church today we sang the song, “the name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and they are saved.” I checked the upd...
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Miles Van Pelt - Why Do I Invest in the Biblical Languages?
Miles V. Van Pelt (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of Old Testament and Academic Dean at Reformed The...
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