[UPDATE 3/27/2012: I'm already getting comments that seem to suggest that I "missed" the biblical portrayal of polygamy as causing great consternation in the home. No surprise, and no kidding. I think my post was clear on this originally, but just in case ... My point...
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Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch: Changes in Law in Deuteronomy
In my previous post on JEDP I said this post would be my last on that topic. In the intervening days I told someone in the comments page that I would add a post to the topic the best example I can think of for changes made in OT law between Exodus and Deuteronomy....
Suggestion for Continuing with the New Perspective
A friend of mine, Prof. Kent Yinger, recently published a short, very accessible book on the NPP that would be good reading for anyone interested. You can literally read through in in the evening. It is aimed at the non-specialist. I would be willing to fire up the...
Further Commentary on the New Perspective
I thought I'd post some comment questions / statements produced by the initial NPP post that I said I'd return to. Here goes. My take at MSH. Q: What about the Romans 5 "sin is not counted where there is no law?" That can't mean that pre-Moses people were "let off the...
Thoughts on the New Perspective on Paul
Time for a few thoughts on the "Law" article I posted lasted time to get us started on the New Perspective on Paul (NPP) topic. First, I think the article is telling in its summary of how modern reformed theology (and so, much of evangelicalism) has essentially...
Perspective on the “New Perspective” on Paul
If anyone has read the comments recently, you know that I wasn't planning on taking this topic. I had been thinking about the Pentateuch authorship issue, as noted a few days ago. But, over the past couple of weeks I've had several people email me out of the blue...
Why Use the Septuagint?
I found this on the Logos blog today. It's something I wrote for the Logos blog in 2007, and I don't think I ever posted it here. Forgot I even wrote it (I'm doing some LXX thinking today at work so I found it via Google!). Here's the short article -- it addresses...
Example #2 – Changes in Passover Laws
This is long, but bear with me. There's a discussion payoff at the end. The Three Annual (Required) Festivals for Israelites in the Book of Exodus are: Passover / Unleavened Bread (the month of Abib was renamed to Nisan during exilic times) Harvest (qatsir)...