PODCAST: A Priest and a Deuteronomist Walk Into a Bar – the Documentary Hypothesis
Posted onWe examine the Documentary Hypothesis of the Pentateuch–the idea that the first five books of the Bible did not originate with Moses but were originally […]
Category: Bibliology
PODCAST: The Transcendence Argument – The Self-Disclosure of the God of Israel
Posted onPiggybacking on the ideas of Yehezkel Kaufmann and John Oswalt, this argument builds on the uniqueness of the ancient Israelite claims about the divine to […]
I looked, and behold! a spray tan horse (or, how the loss of literacy could spell the end for western civilization)
Posted onWhen Kim Kardashian tweeted, “Today marks the 100 year anniversary of Armenian Genocide!” as if she were giving a birth announcement, it predictably elicited some […]
The Biblical God is Both Personal and Transcendent
Posted onThere is a strong tendency in man to think of personhood as emerging from non-personality. For pagans and atheists, for example, matter is […]
Are the Old Testament Accounts Historical?
Posted onIn 1 Corinthians 15:14, the apostle Paul wrote, “if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith […]
The New Testament’s Relationship to the Old Testament (with discussion of typology, the relationship between law and grace, and theonomy)
Posted onOne of the perennial difficulties in Christian theology is the relationship of the Old Testament to the New. Perhaps the strongest proponent for discontinuity between […]
An Interview with Jehovah’s Witnesses (MP3)
Posted onLast year, I had the opportunity of interviewing an older Jehovah’s Witness couple regarding some of the central JW teachings. They were both quite knowledgeable […]
Why Do Catholic Bibles Have More Books? (A Response to the Roman Catholic View of the Canon)
Posted onIn a previous post, I discussed the claim of many Roman Catholics that we cannot have the canon of scripture (a definitive list of what’s […]
Is Scripture Alone Enough?
Posted onScripture Alone The Protestant Reformation had, as its ultimate authority, scripture alone. Their claim was not that no other authority can provide true or useful […]
Errors in the Biblical Chronology of the Kings?
Posted onIn the posts I’ve done lately relating to biblical archaeology, a common theme has been developing: your presuppositions dictate your conclusions. If you assume that […]