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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Word of the Day
νομοθέτης, today’s Greek word of the day, comes from Philo’s de mundi opificio (If I am not mistaken, the translation being “Concerning the Creation of the World”). νομοθέτης is made up of two words: νόμος “law” and τίθημι “to give.” Μωυσῆς … Continue reading
Revisiting Past Work
I hate reviewing my work. This includes listening to sermons I have preached and re-reading papers I have written. Why? Because it is a humbling experience. For me it is embarrassing to know that I submitted sub par work. But ignoring it…well…that helps … Continue reading
The Baptism of Jesus
I am a bit distraught. I have been utilizing an invaluable resource I received as a Christmas present from several family members in order to further conduct my research in the area of the baptism of Jesus in Matthew 3. … Continue reading
Fun in Vaticanus: Citations and Divisions
Greek students, what are the cardinal rules you were taught in Bible College and or Seminary about the basic features of Greek manuscripts? There is no versification, there is no punctuation, there are no formal citations, there are no paragraph … Continue reading
Indecision
As I sit on my front porch enjoying a favorite past time my mind wanders to past experiences, to friends still here and those that have passed into eternity. Our conversations about life, theology and future aspirations still influence me today. … Continue reading
Fun in Vaticanus: Some More Features
I am continuing to find a number of interesting features in Codex Vaticanus. The first example is taken from Matthew 3:7, the second is taken from Matthew 3:11-12. If a word ends in a “Ν” and there is no room … Continue reading
Fun in Vaticanus: A Mysterious Lamed
I am re-reading through the Greek version of Matthew 3 in order to revise one of my papers from Seminary in hopes of submitting it to the Regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. So…why not do my reading in … Continue reading
Fun in Sinaiticus: A Nerd Experiences Abbreviations
I mentioned that I received an Accordance module of codices from the Massengills and Cerones for my birthday. Well, yesterday I was finally able to sit down and dabble. To my delight I found a phenomenon of which all students … Continue reading
The Past Few Days
I haven’t blogged in a while. This isn’t because I haven’t had anything to say, but because I have had a flurry of events take place and the task of recounting them here on the blog has loomed overhead as … Continue reading
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German and Hebrew Prepositions and Articles: A Similarity
Let’s see if I can make this intelligible…here we go… The Hebrew definite article is ha ”the.” When an inseparable preposition (one that must be tied to its object) comes in contact with its object which is definite, the h drops and the a class … Continue reading
