Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Genesis, Genesis 33, Hermeneutics, J. Gresham Machen, Luke, Luke 15, New Testament, Old Testament, Research Papers, Sacra Scriptura, tagged Esau, Jacob, LXX, Prodigal Son, Septuagint on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
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Luke’s LXX Allusion to Jacob and Esau (Genesis 33:4) in the Prodigal Son Parable (Luke 15:20) Affirmed (10 pages; .PDF format; ~190KB) examines the Greek texts of Genesis 33:4 and Luke 15:20 to demonstrate the striking linguistic parallels in these texts and to suggest that Luke employs an allusion to the former in the latter.
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Book Reviews, Ecclesiology, Ex Pacto, Hermeneutics, N. T. Wright, New Perspective on Paul, New Testament, Old Testament, Semper Reformanda, Soteriology, Synthesis, Systematic Theology, tagged Reformed on April 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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Download A Reformed Read Through N. T. Wright’s The Climax of the Covenant, Chs. 1-4 (PDF)
Or read this paper online.
Abstract: In The Climax of the Covenant N. T. Wright’s exegetical arguments toward Christ’s covenantal fulfillment of the Old Testament offer a rich harvest of biblical-theological and covenantal insights. However, compared to other Reformed [...]
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A couple interesting short reads on the historicity of Exodus:
(1) Giving several evidences, Richard Pratt downplays (perhaps as a version of “parallelomania“) the work of Old Testament scholars who would seek to deconstruct the book of Exodus into an ahistorical account in light of the genre of the Egyptian Tale of Sinuhe:
Unfortunately, students who are [...]
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This month’s New Horizons presents useful, interesting, and brief reads on a difficult portion of Holy Scripture: the Prophets.
Rev. Keele’s article on hope in Hosea is particularly interesting to me in that it touches on the same topic I researched last year: covenant dynamics in Hosea.
Read New Horizons Articles:
A Window of Hope in Hosea
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Or, the Gospel is objectively accomplished by Christ before it is subjectively applied to Christ’s church, though it is not less than both. Or, as Dr. Horton explains, the Gospel is promise-driven before it is purpose-driven:
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Ex Pacto, Hosea, Hosea 14, Mortification of Sin, Old Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Research Papers, Sacra Scriptura, Systematic Theology, tagged exegesis, Hebrew, prophecy on November 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Overview: When Hosea says, “Repent!” is he talking to me?
In this paper I attempt to unpack the covenantal dynamics of Hosea’s call to repentance in Hosea 14. My goal is to help modern readers of Hosea apply the call to repentance within today’s dispensation of the covenant of grace: the church age, or the time [...]
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Obedience, Old Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Psalm 1, Psalter, Sacra Scriptura, Sola Gratia, tagged exegesis, Hebrew on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
(To see the Hebrew text you need the free Ezra SIL SR unicode font.)
Psalm 1:3a, Part 2
We have seen that the blessed man is like a tree. Now the text invites us to explore further into the nature of the blessings attained by “treeness.”
שָׁת֪וּל עַֽל־פַּלְגֵ֫י מָ֥יִם
Specifically, the blessed man is like a tree which “was [...]
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(To see the Hebrew text you need the free Ezra SIL SR unicode font.)
Psalm 1:3a
וְֽהָיָ֗ה כְּעֵץ֘ שָׁת֪וּל עַֽל־פַּלְגֵ֫י מָ֥יִם
“He is [or will then be] like a tree, transplanted by channels of water,”
WCP Verb: “He is [or will then be]” (וְֽהָיָ֗ה)
Following Futato’s grammar (p. 164) on the use of a WCP verb ( וְֽהָיָ֗ה) that [...]
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Book Reviews, Lex Orandi Lex Credendi, Mortification of Sin, Obedience, Old Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Psalter, Sanctification, Sola Scriptura, tagged Christian life, Christianity, prayer, soul care, spirituality on November 7, 2007 | No Comments »
The Cry of the Soul: How Our Emotions Reveal Out Deepest Questions About God by Dr. Dan Allender & Dr. Tremper Longman, III
NavPress, 1999; 270 pages; ISBN 1576831809
A Welcome Surprise To My Low Expectations
Though I had pretty low expectations for reading a Christian book on emotions, I was encouraged by the reassuring word in the [...]
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Old Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Psalm 1, Psalter, Sacra Scriptura, Scripture, Sola Scriptura, tagged exegesis, Hebrew, meditation, Poetry on November 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Psalm 1:2b1
וּֽבְתוֹרָת֥וֹ יֶהְגֶּ֗ה יוֹמָ֥ם וָלָֽיְלָה׃
“and on His [Yahweh’s] Torah he [the blessed man] meditates both day and night [at all times].
To Meditate (יֶהְגֶּ֗ה)
The whole of verse 2 is a poetic line with two parallel cola. (See Futato’s Interpreting the Psalms, pp. 26ff., for more on the structure of Hebrew poetry.) So, we have to think [...]
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