Monthly Archives: June 2011

Suffering Suffixes, or Interfixes, or I Don’t Know Whiches

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

I’m no linguist and morphology confuses me but there’s something that’s been on my mind lately and it’s the substitution of “o” for “al” as in historico- rather than historical-. When is it appropriate to say historico-grammatical rather than historical-grammatical? … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Translation | 4 Comments

Yahoel and Jesus

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

More than a few people who argue against the deity of Christ have pointed to the angel Yahoel from the Apocalypse of Abraham as an example of a creature who can bear the divine name without being God. The argument … Continue reading →

Posted in Christology, Patristics | 4 Comments

Why I Hate Preaching Proverbs

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Last week my pastor assigned different passages of Scripture to different ministers and asked them each to prepare a 10 minute message on them. I got Proverbs 10:9. Last night at Bible study we did the same thing, only this … Continue reading →

Posted in Church Stuff, Old Testament | 11 Comments

Textual Critic?

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

While one can engage in textual criticism by mere reference to critical apparatuses, can one be a textual critic apart from working with actual manuscripts? Update: It seems my use of “actual” muddied the point of my question. I accept … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | 24 Comments

Additional Church Fathers Module for BibleWorks 8

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Oh, and while I’m on the subject of BibleWorks, I should have mentioned the other day, but didn’t, that Roger Pearse‘s work on translating texts from the Church Fathers not included in the standard ANF and NPNF 1 & 2 … Continue reading →

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BibleWorks 9

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Mike Hanel teases us with a screenshot of BibleWorks 9. It looks like users will be able to do some nifty stuff with manuscripts. Let me just take this opportunity to once again state how much I love BibleWorks 8. … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Studies, News, Technology | 7 Comments

Eerdmans Fall 2011 Catalog

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

I just got the Eerdmans Fall 2011 Catalog in the mail today and there’s a lot of books coming out that look good. You’ll find the full contents of the catalog embedded below. Some of the standout volumes were: The … Continue reading →

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Just Ordered

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

I just took advantage of a sale that the University of Notre Dame Press is running and picked up the following books for $5 apiece: Who Do You Say That I Am?: Confessing the Mystery of Christ — John C. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books (Misc.), Just Ordered | 7 Comments

In the Mail

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

James “I’ll Never Read an eBook” Spinti was good enough to send me a copy of Tim Grass’ The Lord’s Watchman: Edward Irving for review. This biography is part of Paternoster’s Studies in Christian History and Thought series and it … Continue reading →

Posted in In the Mail, Review Books | 4 Comments

Just Ordered

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

I just ordered the following with an Amazon gift card: Fallout: New Vegas George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire 4-Book Boxed Set including: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Books (Misc.), Just Ordered, Video Games | 2 Comments