Category: Interpreting The Old Testament
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The Theology of The Book of Isaiah: Diversity and Unity
John Goldingay is David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. He has written a three volume Old Testament theology, a three volume commentary on the Psalms, and many, many other books related to the study of theology and the Old Testament. Most recently, he has written The Theology of The Book…
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Death Before The Fall Revisited and Expanded
Ronald E. Osborn, Death Before The Fall: Biblical Literalism and The Problem of Animal Suffering. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, February 2014. 197 pp. Paperback, $25.00. Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! Since it was only 2 days ago, you might remember my first post on Death Before The Fall. My review…
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The Lost World of Scripture: Ancient Literary Culture and Biblical Authority
John Walton is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, where D. Brent Sandy teaches New Testament and Greek. Together, they’ve written The Lost World of Scripture: Ancient Literary Culture and Biblical Authority. In a way, this book is a follow up to Walton’s The Lost World of Genesis One, but not strictly a sequel (which…
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The Bible and The Believer: How to Read The Bible Critically and Religiously
Marc Brettler, Daniel Harrington, S.J., Peter Enns, The Bible and The Believer: How to Read The Bible Critically and Religiously. New York: Oxford University Press, September 2012. 224 pp. Hardcover, $27.95. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Oxford University Press for the review copy! A Jew, a Protestant, and a Catholic walk into a bar… …to talk…
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Pastoral Reflections on The Historical Adam: Greg Boyd and Phil Ryken
Today we finish up our journey through Four Views on The Historical Adam. Yesterday we looked William Barrick’s young-earth perspective on the historical Adam, and on Tuesday we looked at C. John Collins’ view. For the full table of contents, click here. Rather than closing with additional editorial comments (like Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy did), this…
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A Historical Adam: Young-Earth Creation View
Yesterday, we resumed the series review of Four Views on The Historical Adam. C. John Collins provided an alternate old-earth perspective on a historical Adam to go alongside John Walton’s. Today, we’ll look at the final view, which is William Barrick’s young earth creationist perspective on the historical Adam. Barrick opens with a section on the…
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A Historical Adam: Old-Earth Creation View
If you were anxiously waiting on the next post from the Four Views on The Historical Adam series last week, I apologize. I decided to take a mini-blogging break and didn’t post from any scheduled series. Because of that, we’ll actually finish the series this week with three posts in a row (today, tomorrow, Thursday). You can…
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The Plagues in Exodus: God vs. The Egyptian Pantheon
Since my post divisions on here has been the same as those of our church going through Exodus, today we’re covering the plagues in their entirety (7:14-11:10). I’ll be making some general overview comments rather than a blow by blow exposition. For an interesting take offering a blow by blow, I found Fretheim’s analysis in…
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A Historical Adam: Archetypal Creation View
Last week, we started a play by play through Four Views on The Historical Adam. The opening position by Denis Lamoureux denied Adam as a historical figure. The remaining three all affirm the historicity of Adam in one way or another. Today we’ll look at John Walton’s view. Walton’s position is called the “archetypal creation view.” He…
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On Snakes and Sovereignty
Most people have heard of the 10 plagues. At least people familiar with Bible stories that is. Before we get to the 10 plagues there is a slightly less known episode in the beginning of chapter 7. Some commentators (Stuart) note that it is more biblical to see 11 signs of sovereignty rather than…