Colin Humphreys' proposal to date the Last Supper on a Wednesday has been making the rounds on the internet this past week. Mark Goodacre has an informative post on it here on his New Testament Gateway blog. Certainly worth a read.
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The Plural Elohim of Psalm 82: Gods or Men?
[Note: For other posts on Mike's work on the divine council, click here for the archive.] At last week's annual ETS (Evangelical Theological Society) meeting I read two papers. The first was entitled. "What Is / Are (an) Elohim?" It dealt with why the reality of...
Mark Goodacre on How John Differs from the Synoptic Gospels
Check out this recent podcast by Mark on that topic. A nice intro.
Focus on Fornication
I'll admit up front that I never thought I'd post on this subject, but it was brought to mind recently by a request I had via email to comment on the meaning of "fornication" (Greek: porneia). The question was put in the context of how some Christians have gotten the...
Jesus and Reincarnation
I'm happy to announce that my article "Did Jesus Allow for Reincarnation? Assessing the Syntax of John 9:3-4" has finally appeared. It is the first article for the new online peer-reviewed Scandinavian Evangelical E-Journal for New Testament Studies. Check it out....
Lord’s Supper, Part 3
In my previous two Lord's Supper posts and comments to readers' posts, I tried to telegraph a few items to set up this post: 1. I don't care to articulate a doctrine of the Lord's Supper on the basis of what is NOT said in the text, no matter how sensible it is....
The Lord’s Supper: Theology by Imagination (Lord’s Supper, Part 2)
Well, there's been a number of comments on this topic, so I'd best man up and let you all know what I'm thinking. Sorry, nothing spectacular, just the naked Bible. The synoptic gospel references (Matthew, Mark, Luke) are straightforward enough. What needs to be...