Paul and Scripture Seminar

 
Bruce N. Fisk, Westmont College
Synagogue Influence on Paul’s Roman Readers
 
Stephen Moyise, University of Chichester UK
How does Paul Read Scripture?
 
Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College CA
Paul and his Bible: His Education and Access to the Scriptures of Israel
 
Christopher D. Stanley, St. Bonaventure University
The Role of the Audience in the Interpretation of Paul’s References [...]

An interview with Stanley Porter on the Book of Acts, and Textual Criticism

Mike Bird interviewing Stanley Porter.
These are the questions ask. Read the responds.
(1) Dr. Porter, you mentioned at your recent SBL presentation at the Acts seminar that there was little point writing a commentary using the NA27 or UBS4 editions, since the reconstructed texts do not correspond to any extant manuscript. Do you think that it [...]

JGRChJ 3 (2006)

The most recent issue of JGRChJ has now been posted and is set for print publication in early Decemeber. Be sure and download the articles though as they will not be available after the 1st of January or sometime thereabout.

Volume 3 (2006)

3.1

Craig Evans

Messianic Hopes and Messianic Figures in Late Antiquity

3.2

Richard Van Egmond

The Messianic [...]

Preterist Proof-Texts: A Critique

This important article, A Critique of Preterism, evaluates the interpretation of the few key texts preterists typically use to assert their position.

In my opinion, this article effectively dissmantels the small, but apparently influential, arsenal of preterist proof-texts. It criticizes the preterism of R.C. Sproul, in particular.

I. Howard Marshall e-book

“A Pocket Guide to New Testament Theology.”
 
Preface
Chapter 1: Why study Christian doctrine?
Chapter 2: Our Knowledge of God?
Chapter 3: What can we know about God?
Chapter 4: God and the Universe
Chapter 5: The Person and Work of Jesus
Chapter 6: The Life of the Christian
Chapter 7: The Christian Community
Chapter 8: The Last Things

Papyrology and the Study of the New Testament

Papyrological evidence forms one of the central literary bases for the study of New Testament letters, especieally the Pauline corpus. The website for the University of Michigan Papyrus Collection has a helpful set of tools and introductory bibliography.

Literary Genre Midrash by A.W. Wright

These two important articles published in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 28 explore some of the key literary differences and distinctions between midrash, pesher and other early forms of Jewish exegesis. One of the important distinctions set out in these articles is the understanding of midrash as something that comments directly on Scripture instead of being employed [...]

Greek Syntax: John 3:16

Logos Blog posted another usage of OpenText.org (a member of this blog is a contributor) for Greek students of the Bible. John 3.16, “For God so loved the world”. In the OpenText.org Clause Analysis, that phrase is a Primary Clause (PC), and the word translated “loved” (ἀγαπάω) is the Predicator (P) of the Primary Clause.
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Debate: Richard Hays vs Bart Ehrman

Richard Hays and Bart Ehrman on “The Da Vinci Code”

Bart Ehrman is an agnostic who denies the validity of the Gospels and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Commentaries on the debate. Here and here.
The Bible, the Da Vinci Code, and the Christian by Al Mohler

 
Panel discussion on the Da Vinci Code with Andreas Kostenberger, [...]

TC Journal

Those interested in NT textual criticism should familiarize themselves with TC, an online text-criticism journal newly affiliated with SBL.