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Devotions on the Greek New Testament: one day left to enter giveaway

There is still time to enter my giveaway for Zondervan’s new resource, Devotions on the Greek New Testament. If you want to check out the book before you decide to enter, my review of it is here. To...

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Review of Beale’s Handbook at The Blog of the Twelve

I’ve just recently learned about The Blog of the Twelve. Based on what I’ve seen so far, it’s recommended reading, especially for folks with an interest in the Minor Prophets. There is a good book...

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Psalms of Lament (for “Scalding Tears”)

Psalms of Lament is a heartbreakingly beautiful collection of poetry. Weems alarmingly yet assuringly gets right down to business in her Preface: This book is not for everyone. It is for those who...

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The Comprehensive New Testament, a Review

I don’t really think there is such a thing as a “literal” translation of the Hebrew or Greek Bible. Too much is lost when going from any one language to another to be able to claim literalism. As Dave...

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A Review of Mine, Published in Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies

I’ve just received the new Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies (JSCS) in the mail today. This issue publishes my review of a Greek Septuagint lexicon. I find lexicons (more or less, dictionaries)...

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Charts on the Book of Hebrews, Reviewed

Hebrews can be a hard book to grasp. Whether in Greek or English (or any other language), the development of the book’s logic–especially early on–requires careful attention. One hears about Jesus’...

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When God Spoke Greek, a review mini-essay

Today I review chapters 7 and 8 of Timothy Michael Law‘s new book When God Spoke Greek: The Septuagint and the Making of the Christian Bible. Law writes this book because: [M]y mother still asks what...

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Zondervan’s NIV Greek and English New Testament, reviewed

Zondervan continues to publish great resources for learning and using Biblical Greek and Hebrew. I reviewed their Greek and Hebrew Reader’s Bible here. Now they have published a “diglot,” a Bible with...

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Charts on the Life, Letters, and Theology of Paul, reviewed

I’ve written a good deal about Paul since starting this blog last summer. I have been particularly fascinated by his use of the Old Testament, an interest that really grew through a great class I took...

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Biblical Studies Carnival: please send me links

I am hosting the next Biblical Studies Carnival. (See here for the last one, by Bob MacDonald.) The carnival is basically a long list of links, and anthology of analyses, a précis of posts, etc.,...

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