Monday, July 28, 2008

Teaching of Amenemope

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It is commonly held that Proverbs 22:17-24:22 is dependent on the Egyptian wisdom text The Teaching (or Instruction) of Amenemope . This vie...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

2 Corinthians

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For those with any facility in Greek, the contrast between 1 and 2 Corinthians could not be more stark. It is not that there is not affectio...
Monday, July 21, 2008

On Proverbs

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The Book of Proverbs outlines quite nicely as follows: I. Introductory discussions, chs 1-9 II. Proverbs of Solomon, 10:1-22:16 III. The Wo...
Friday, July 18, 2008

Answering a Question

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WCF 7.5 speaks of the Covenant of Grace being differently administered in the time of the law, namely through prophecies, sacrifices, circu...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Shema Deut 6:4

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Any look at a modern translation of Deut 6:4 will reflect the uncertainty that translators have concerning the proper translation of the ve...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

On Kings vs. Chronicles "Contradictions"

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It is often proposed that the material in Chronicles "contradicts" the similar material found in the books of Samuel and Kings. Th...
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Saturday, July 12, 2008

The Books of Kings

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In my daily reading schedule, we have now come to the Books of Kings. The outline of the books is pretty simple: I. Solomon's Reign, 1 K...
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Blog Use

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Dear Reader, Whoever you may be. I intend this site primarily as a resource for Q & A. So if you have a question regarding the Bible, ho...
Thursday, July 03, 2008

A Lament for America, July 4, 2008

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Ah, America , what pride, luxury, lasciviousness, licentiousness, wantonness, drunkenness, cruelties, injustice, oppressions, fornications, ...
Monday, June 30, 2008

Romans 11:26

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In Rom 11:26-27, Paul writes, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers, a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness ...
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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Are we to expect a future mass conversion of Jews?

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Many Christians, in their discussions of eschatology, hold that there will be, near the time of Jesus’ return, the conversion of notably lar...
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Monday, March 24, 2008

Why Does the NLT Do This?

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The question has been raised (from my last entry) as to why the NLT would do this. The only answer I have is that it fits with the NLT's...
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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Words Have Meaning, 2

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We left off last time with Joseph and his brothers. We pick up at that same place. Compare the following translations of Gen 43:33-44:3. The...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Words Have Meaning

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Any translator of any text can tell you that picking an appropriate English word for a word from another language can be a nightmare. It is ...

On Job

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Now that the reading schedule has us most of the way through Job, I thought I'd put forth some information on the book. There are innume...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Christ and Jacob's "Ladder"

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Benjamin Glaser asked what I thought about Jesus' use of this passage. For those who are unaware, Jesus made a clear allusion to the acc...
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Friday, January 11, 2008

Jacob's Vow: Genesis 28

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The following is the note on this passage in the new Apologetics Study Bible : "Because Jacob's vision at Bethel was his closest en...
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Friday, January 04, 2008

Long Time Gone

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It's been about ten months since I posted anything, so it's time to get back to work. I'll be posting at minimum once a week thi...
Friday, March 02, 2007

Significance of Leviticus

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Since we are now well into the reading of Leviticus, let me catch you up on the significance of many of these quite alien practices. The Sac...
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Saturday, February 24, 2007

Leviticus Outline and Survey

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I'm sorry to be a couple of days behind on Leviticus, but this has been a crazy week. At any rate, here goes. I. The Sacrifices chs 1-7 ...