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There is no better tutor for the book of Ecclesiastes than a two year old asking you to play blocks:  

As many of you know, I recently attended the ETS and SBL conferences in Atlanta last month. This is always a great time to catch up with old friends, meet new ones, and be surrounded by individuals consumed by the … Continue reading →

Here’s a gem from the newest addition to my library, Biblical Greek in Context.  Grammaticalization of tense within the indicative mood of Koine Greek, you don’t say?

Well, ETS/IBR/AAR/SBL came and went. I did my very best to show restraint when walking through the book exhibits. I think I did a pretty good job for the most part—took home 13 books and only had to buy two … Continue reading →

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary has released their newest edition of The Journal of Baptist Theology and Ministry. It includes my review of Kevin Youngblood’s excellent commentary on the book of Jonah. If you’re interested, you can find it here.

I decided to peruse several commentaries I have on the book of John to see what they have said about the pericope of the adulteress. Do they say it’s original or not, and what are the reasons offered for their … Continue reading →

Last April, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary hosted a conference on the  Pericope Adulterae. Conference participants discussed whether or not the passage of the woman caught in adultery was original to John’s Gospel or if it was a later interpolation. I’m … Continue reading →

If you’ve learned Greek, you know that the present active indicative paradigm for λυω is: λυω      λυομεν λυεις    λυετε λυει      λυουσιν You also learned that the ε and the ο are not a part of … Continue reading →

Have you ever wondered whence comes the nominative singular for ear, οὖς, when the genitive is ὠτός? Well, with third declension nouns, it is best to find the stem of the word by going to the genitive singular and removing the ος … Continue reading →

Logos has a great free book of the month. Bervard Childs’ Isaiah commentary in the Old Testament Library is completely free…and you can add Leslie Allen’s Jeremiah commentary in the same series for only .99. Just go to Logos, click on the … Continue reading →