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New Haven, here we come! 11 Mar 2012 | 10:48 am
I am most pleased to announce that I have been offered and have accepted a position in the Ph.D. program at Yale University to study New Testament. I am simply beside myself with the thought of studyi...
The Nervous Redaction of Matthew 14 Oct 2010 | 01:15 am
Mark Goodacre has commented on Matthew’s orthodox redaction of Mark, noting Matthew’s treatment of Jesus’ father and various other issues. He states, ‘It occurred to me recently that a lot of what is...
Already 19 Aug 2010 | 05:06 pm
2 Cor 6.2: λέγει γάρ· καιρῷ δεκτῷ ἐπήκουσά σου καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σωτηρίας ἐβοήθησά σοι. ἰδοὺ νῦν καιρὸς εὐπρόσδεκτος, ἰδοὺ νῦν ἡμέρα σωτηρίας.// For it says, ‘I heard you in the acceptable time, in the day...
Reading Paul and Palestinian Judaism: Paul & the Law 31 Jul 2010 | 06:03 am
After showing that Paul repetitively, when defining the Gospel, did not ‘start from man’s need, but from God’s deed’ (cf. 1 Cor 15.1ff et al), Sanders’ concludes that, contrary to the views of Bultman...
Reading Paul and Palestinian Judaism 9: Covenantal Nomism 31 Jul 2010 | 03:20 am
On page 422, Sanders gives a clear definition of covenantal nomism, which he sees as the dominate soteriology in Palestinian Judaism: God has graciously chosen Israel as his people He gave them the ...
Reading Paul and Palestinian Judaism 8: IV Ezra 30 Jul 2010 | 10:48 am
Sanders sees covenantal nomism (see definition below) in all the extant literature of Palestinian Judaism, except IV Ezra. Concerning IV Ezra, he asserts: ‘in short, we see an instance in which covena...
Reading Paul and Palestinian Judaism 7: Obedience 30 Jul 2010 | 02:27 am
As I have been reading through E.P. Sanders’ tome, I have been asking two questions: What is Sanders’ core presentation of Palestinian Judaism? Am I convinced by his construal of Palestinian Judaism...
Choosing to join the Elect? 29 Jul 2010 | 04:32 am
How did the Jewish people of Jesus’ day conceive the the notion ‘election/predestination’? Here is a small sampling of quotes from the Second Temple period that should bend the minds of those with Cal...
Reading Paul and Palestinian Judaism 6: Ben Sirach 28 Jul 2010 | 02:31 pm
Sanders claims that two actions can atone for sins in the Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sirach: (1) honoring one’s father and (2) giving to the poor (338). Sir 3.3: ὁ τιμῶν πατέρα ἐξιλάσκεται ἁμαρτίας, // the ...
Reading Paul and Palestinian Judaism 5: Dead Sea Scrolls 28 Jul 2010 | 09:35 am
Many similarities exist between the Rabbinic literature and the Dead sea Scrolls of the Qumran community. For both, the central operative soteriological is covenant membership. The difference between ...
