Two Romantic Textual Criticism Stories—Really!
The Israeli Antiquities Authority is going to put the Dead Sea Scrolls online in amazingly high-quality digital format. In addition, the half-century-old infrared photographs will go up. Have you never read the romantic story of the release of the Dead Sea Scrolls by Marty Abegg, Biblical Archaeological Review, and the Huntington Library? Don't miss it! Something else you may have missed: Sinaiticus is already out there on a very cool site. Have you never read the romantic story of the finding...
Why I’m Writing My Dissertation
This comes from a high school Bible textbook (teacher's edition, in this case) which I read recently: The unsaved, and even some Christians, tend to view love as an emotion. Biblical love, however, involves commitment. It desires the best for others, and gives selflessly so that others may prosper. Without love, all Christian service is worthless (I Cor. 13:1-3). Love is the very essence of God's law (Rom. 13:8-10). Note to your students this difference between the worldly and biblical views...
ESV Study Bible
The ESV Study Bible comes out soon. Check it out. Click below. Again I'm not sure if I'm going to spend my book budget on this, but I do want my family to have it. Maybe I can persuade my wife to spend part of the (i.e., her) furnishings budget on it!
One of the Most Shocking Things I Have Ever Read
My eyes widened in disbelief as I began to realize just what Linda Hirshman was arguing in this Slate article. I'm a bit of a late-comer in Internet time: I had saved it for a few days in order to include it in the newsletter I write. Hirshman calls evil good and good evil. Her argument is astounding… horrific. She has suppressed the truth and is now worshiping and serving the creature—woman, in this case—rather than the Creator. Just read Romans 1:28-32. I see Linda Hirshman's arguments...
No More “Hymn” Books
Mainline denominations can now promote greater gender equality with an alternative to the masculine-sounding “hymn” book. The new collection of sacred songs put out by the United Lutheran Church of America is called the “Her” Book. “We thought about it a lot,” says Rev. Deborah Granville-Chin-Rodriguez, the editor for the Her Book, “and we tossed around some other names. I mean, what can you call a feminine hymnal? ‘Hernal’ just wasn’t doing it for us. You know?” The new set of hymns—(or...