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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Greek Words with No English Meaning - Mondays with Mounce 284
I am currently reading through the New Testament focusing on just one thing: discipleship. Specifically, why should we care about spiritual ...
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When Verse References Get in the Way (Luke 24:33–34) - Mondays with Mounce 288
When the two disciples who met Jesus on the road to Emmaus returned to Jerusalem, the Eleven and the other disciples told the two that Jesus...
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Nuances of Lost Meaning (James 1:6) - Mondays with Mounce 286
I just came home from Houston where we were recording Bruce Waltke’s class on Psalms for BiblicalTraining.org. We didn’t quite finish so I w...
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Mounce Archive 26 - The "Law" of Faith
Bill Mounce is traveling this month and is taking a break from his weekly column on biblical Greek until April. Meanwhile, we’ve hand-picked...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields — Standing with the Lord (Ps 24:4)
Psalm 24 is a hymn to the Lord that praises him as owner of all creation because he is the creator and sustainer (vv. 1–2). The next stanza...
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Can the Future mean “Should” (Malachi 2:6) - Mondays with Mounce 278
Malachi 2 contains a serious warning to the priests, and I would apply the warning to preachers today.
The priests refused to honor God’s na...
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Does the Order of Phrases Matter? (Rom 1:5) - Mondays with Mounce 276
One of the harder things to do in translation is line up the phrases properly. Since English uses sequence and proximity, related phrases ne...
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Love "for" the Father - Mondays with Mounce 274
Is “of” clear enough?
Here is a simple illustration of a subjective/objective genitive distinction, and also an illustration of translation ...
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One Word Can Make All the Difference - Mondays with Mounce 272
I came across a couple interesting verses. My comments are not so much about grammar as they are about translation, but thought it would be ...
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Significant Linguistic Theories for Aiding Greek Studies
Luther was right: “Insofar as we love the gospel, to that same extent let us study the ancient tongues.”
So also contends in Constantine Cam...
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Mounce Archive 12 — Can Translations Co-Exist in the Same Universe?
Everyone needs a break once in a while, and Bill Mounce is taking one from his weekly column on biblical Greek until September. Meanwhile, w...
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Linguistics Is Not Prescriptive, Says Doug Moo
At the 66th annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Zondervan held a special event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the co...
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When Is "Them" Confusing? (Luke 9:26) — Mondays with Mounce 240
There is no question that "they" is becoming the pronoun of choice to refer back to either a singular or plural antecedent. Like it or not, ...
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