Monthly Archives: August 2010

Iconoclasm

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

On quite a few occasions I’ve sought to make header pictures for the blog using various icons of Christ and the saints but I always end up scrapping the project.  I feel like altering these icons for the purpose of … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | 2 Comments

The Fruit of Impatience

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

My fondness for Chris Tilling’s scholarship is well documented (see here, here, here, and here) and I’ve been anxiously awaiting a post from Chris announcing that he’s picked a publisher for his thesis and it will be available sometime in … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Studies, Christology | 10 Comments

Durham Research Online

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

I’ve just discovered that Durham University is among the many institutions that is making its research available to the public free of charge.  Durham Research Online contains journal articles, book chapters and conference papers written by Durham University researchers, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Studies, New Testament, Patristics, Theology | 3 Comments

That’s Weird

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

It appears that posting right-to-left Aramaic in my last post has turned the entire post to right-to-left in Google Reader (to include the title): I’ve posted Hebrew before and I’ve never seen this effect.  Weird. B”H

Posted in Miscellaneous | 6 Comments

How’s Your Aramaic?

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

Would anyone like to take a shot at translating this passage from the First Targum to Esther? I don’t know a lick of Aramaic so any help would be appreciated. בתר פיתגמיא האילין עאלת מדת דינא קדם רבון כל עלמא … Continue reading →

Posted in Old Testament | 6 Comments

The Benefit of Single Column Bibles

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

A lot of the material in the prophets is poetic but this is lost on readers who read the prophets in translation in double-columned Bibles (for the most part).  Reading Isaiah in my single-column TNIV Reference Bible has been a … Continue reading →

Posted in Scripture | 10 Comments

Marvin Vincent on Matthew 16:18

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

On this rock (ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ). The word is feminine, and means a rock, as distinguished from a stone or a fragment of rock (πέτρος, above). Used of a ledge of rocks or a rocky peak. In Homer (“Odyssey,” … Continue reading →

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This Rock

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

Michael Barber has started a series on Matthew 16:13-20 asking “Is Peter the Rock?“  In his initial post he refers to this as “one of the most debated passages in all of the Gospels” and quotes Davies and Allison as … Continue reading →

Posted in New Testament | 4 Comments

In the Mail

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

P&R sent a copy of David W. Hall and Marvin Padgett, eds. Calvin and Culture: Exploring a Worldview.  The book contains essays from a number of writers who address Calvin’s influence on various sectors of Western culture such as music, … Continue reading →

Posted in In the Mail, Review Books | 5 Comments

Truer Words

Posted on August 29, 2010 by

Jonathan Snowden of Bloody Elbow simply confirms what I’ve been saying all along (see here, here, here, and here), i.e., BJ Penn is overrated!   Snowden’s entire post is worth reading but this part merits quoting: The raw numbers stand … Continue reading →

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