The following is a PowerPoint presentation regarding the way Hebrews quotes the Old Testament, one of the elements in arguments regarding authorship. Some mobile devices may not be able to view the slide show, so I am embedding a PDF as well.
8:06 AM From The Authorship of Hebrews: The Case for Paul: Today, I’m intrigued to note how often exegetical arguments are based upon subjective internal evidence. Arguably, this is not the best way to approach exegetical conundrums when there is an abundance of external evidence to be considered. I would prefer that our students be…
(From Dave Black Online, Monday, March 5, 2018. Used by permission.) 5:18 PM So here’s another blog post that is guaranteed to bore you to death or at least put you to sleep. (So what’s new, eh?) This afternoon I was sitting in my home library reading Ephesians 4 when I “just happened” (= divine providence…
Tuesday night I had the privilege of interviewing Robert Martin, author of The Caregiver’s Beatitudes. He had some very important things to say not just about being a caregiver, but about the way the church should function. Here’s the video:
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 4:30 PM Language is not a list of rules. And, of course, nothing in language is ever black and white. This is true of Greek as much as it’s true of any other language. Moreover, we all interpret Scripture though our own lens of culture, history, education, context, etc. So it’s…
He provides a summary of the options and there’s good discussion in the comments (HT: Polumeros kai polutropos).
5:42 PM Since I have just published another book (The Authorship of Hebrews), I thought I would share with you few thoughts on the writing and reading of books: 1) The books I write are getting shorter and shorter. “Less is more” is becoming more of a reality and less of an old truism for…
