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On the Web (January 28, 2011)
On the Web: Alin Suciu provides a PDF of the now public-domain R. Draguet, Julien d’Halicarnasse et sa controverse avec Sévère d’Antioche sur l’incorruptibilité du corps du Christ (Louvain: Smeesters, 1924). The bibliographic entry is available here (BibTeX). Google Books has Adolf Deissman’s Bible Studies (trans. Alexander Grieve; Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1903) available for download in…
Master of the Sea, Son of God
Matthew 14:22–33 narrates Jesus’ walking on water. Yet, unlike the parallel accounts in Mark 6:45–52; John 6:15–21, Matt 14:33 reports that the disciples’ conclusion, at the end of this episode, was ἀληθῶς θεοῦ υἱὸς εἶ (truly, you are the son of God). Apparently thinking along the lines similar to Heb 3:5–6, Archelaus, Disputation with Manes, 44 (ANF 6:220;…
On the Web (January 20, 2011)
On the web: Duane Smith repeats Jim Davila’s recent excerpt about the availability of the Babylonian Talmud online (English, Hebrew-Aramaic). The basic bibliographic entry for the Soncino version is available here (BibTeX). Jim Davila notes the completion of Sheffield’s Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. Daniel Roth highlights five articles about SOPA, including John Gaudiosi’s report of the…
On the Web (January 18, 2012)
On the web: Logos Bible Software releases version 4.3 (SR8), which includes couple bug fixes, and adds Oxyrhynchus papyri (15 vols.), J. P. Migne’s Patrologia graeca (18 vols.), and Marcus Jastrow’s Dictionary (2 vols.) to the community pricing program. Peter Head comments on a textual siglium in NA26 and NA27 at Gal 1:1, and several interesting comments follow. Mark…
והיתה בריתי בבשׂרכם לברית עולם
In Gen 17:13, God tells Abraham that his whole household was to be circumcised והיתה בריתי בבשׂרכם לברית עולם (and my covenant will be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant). Yet, Paul strongly opposes Gentiles’ submitting to circumcision in connection with their membership in the Christian community (Galatians) and asserts that ὁ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ Ἰουδαῖος,…
2012 Faith and the Academy Conference
This year’s Faith and the Academy conference program is now available. The conference is hosted annually by Faulkner University. This year’s theme is “Money, Morals, and Missions,” and the plenary sessions will feature Shawn Ritenour of Grove City College and Monty Lynn of Abilene Christian University. In the last morning session, I am also privileged to be…