Why yesterday's poll on the meaning of "peruse"? Well, a respected friend of mine recommended I write a post on the way people mistakenly use "peruse" when they should use "skim." Unfortunately, my good friend's complaint smelled to me like Lexicographical...
Exegesis
Be My Usage Panel
The poll below is not a trick question. Answer honestly right off the top of your head: Which of the following do you usually mean when you say the word "peruse"? ( polls)Tune in tomorrow for an explanation!
How Much Weight Do I Put on One Greek Word?
Bill Mounce, ESV translator, is right on target: I have always taught that Greek grammar doesn’t necessarily answer all the questions definitively. Sometimes it does, but normally it gives us the legitimate range of possible interpretations, and then context and...
Counting the Ten Commandments
Were you aware that different groups enumerate the ten commandments differently? Knowing about alternative interpretations helps me ask questions of my own interpretations that I haven't yet thought of. The major crux interpretum I'm aware of in this passage regards...