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Tag Archives: Matthew
Book Write-Up: Matthew and Empire, by Warren Carter
Warren Carter. Matthew and Empire: Initial Explorations. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Trinity Press International, 2001. Warren Carter argues that Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew was against the Roman empire and its oppression of Israel. That’s not the message one often hears … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Matthew, Movies, Politics, Religion
Tagged Matthew, Matthew's Gospel, Rome, the Gospel of Matthew, the Roman empire, Warren Carter
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Book Write-Up: Biblical Hermeneutics, Five Views
Stanley E. Porter and Beth Stovell, ed. Biblical Hermeneutics: Five Views. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, 2012. I would like to thank Intervarsity Press for my review copy of this book. As the title indicates, this view contains five views … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Books, Postmodernism, Religion
Tagged biblical hermeneutics, biblical texts, Canonical Criticism, Craig Blomberg, Craig L. Blomberg, exile, F. Scott Spencer, hermeneutics, historical-critical method, Hosea, intervarsity press, Israel, Matthew, Merold Westphal, New Testament Interpretation of the Old Testament, Richard Gaffin, Robert Wall
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What Kind of Lamb, and How Will He Remove Sin?
In John 1:29, John the Baptist says that Jesus is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. (I draw here from the KJV.) This passage has long puzzled me. Did John the Baptist believe that … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, John's Gospel: The Way It Happened, Lee Harmon, Religion
Tagged Caiaphas, Gospel of John, I Enoch, John the Baptist, Lamb of God, Matthew, R.H. Charles, Second Temple Literature, Testament of Joseph, Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs
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Starting John’s Gospel: The Way It Happened
I started Lee Harmon’s John’s Gospel: The Way It Happened. I’d like to thank Lee for sending me my Advanced Reader Copy. This book is a sequel to another book that Lee wrote, Revelation: The Way It Happened. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Greco-Roman, John's Gospel: The Way It Happened, Lee Harmon, Religion
Tagged Augustus, Birkat Ha-Minim, Colossians, Divine Kings, Incarnation, John, John's Gospel: The Way It Happened, Lee Harmon, Matthew, Mercury, Revelation: The Way It Happened, virgin birth
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