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The Jesus Seminar at 25
The Jesus Seminar celebrates its 25th birthday this fall, and the Huffington Post has provided a brief summary of who and what it is all about. My CHR 150 students may want to take a look, since we discussed the … Continue reading
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The Genealogy of Jesus 4
The Lukan and Matthean accounts of Jesus’ genealogy diverge after David. Matthew traces Jesus’ line through Solomon (and thus traces the royal Davidic line as it is found in the Bible and in Seder Olam). Luke traces a line through … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Chronicles, Deuteronomy, Genesis, Jeremiah, Luke, Matthew, Numbers
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Textual Criticism and KJV Only Conspiracy Theories
Daniel B. Wallace explains that newer New Testament translations differ from the King James Version because of the textual evidence, not because of any kind of godless conspiracy. But I bet you already knew that. (H/T: Evangelical Textual Criticism)
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The Genealogy of Jesus 3
Genealogy was serious business for Jews returning from exile in the sixth and fifth centuries BC. The first eight chapters of 1 Chronicles are taken up with genealogies beginning with those found elsewhere in the Bible (mainly in Genesis) and … Continue reading
The Genealogy of Jesus 2
The last king of Judah was Zedekiah, a son of Josiah, whom the Babylonians defeated in 587 BC. Ten years previously, Zedekiah’s successor and nephew Jehoiachin (Matthew’s “Jeconiah”) was carried into Babylonian exile. In Babylon, his descendants (mainly in the … Continue reading
The Genealogy of Jesus 1
Biblical genealogies have come up recently at JesusCreed and Exploring our Matrix. At both blogs, the focus is on Bible-and-science type questions. Namely, what (if anything) does the presence of Adam or Noah in the genealogies of Jesus imply about … Continue reading
Lunceford: Fundamentalist Distortion of Scripture Regarding Women’s Roles
My, Georgetown College has some cheeky profs! I have observed through the years that those who use the proof-texting approach and take the texts literally are highly selective in what they take. A seminary classmate of mine related a story … Continue reading
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Mr. Potatohead Explains Markan Priority
Must be seen to be believed (H/T: Mark Goodacre) Next week: Gumby tackles the Documentary Hypothesis.
Authorship of the Pastoral Epistles
Daniel Kirk of Storied Theology summarizes his reasons for concluding that Paul is not the author of the Pastoral Epistles (H/T: Euangelion). His opening remarks are worthy of reflection: First, the freedom to pursue the question was instilled in me … Continue reading
The Historical Jesus and the Gospel of John
Paul N. Anderson explains how the two really can go together: Think of it! What would happen if the National Geographic Channel ran a special on a recently discovered gospel text from the late first century, which was different from … Continue reading
