Most of us who study the New Testament spent a portion of everyday simply reading over a text. Day after day week after week. We hope to find something new and helpful to say. It is a fact of scholarship that over time commentaries on particular books fall into ruts. A theological fight breaks out … Continue reading Who has said this and is it true? New Testament exegesis and the search for answers
Tag: New Testament Background
Slang, Black Culture, and the PhD (or why NT scholars read stuff that has nothing to do with the New Testament)
A little thought experiment might help explain how I understand the work of New Testament scholarship. Say you come across a note written by a young Esau McCaulley from around the year AD 2000. On it you find the following words: Maine, I am trying to tell you, your boy got miked during the … Continue reading Slang, Black Culture, and the PhD (or why NT scholars read stuff that has nothing to do with the New Testament)
Veni, Vidi, Vici (Book Review)
I decided to use my Christmas break to fill in some of the gaps in my knowledge of the Roman Empire. So, I picked up Veni, Vidi, Vici by Peter Jones. It is my new favorite book about the Roman Empire (I may have only read three). I enjoyed the fact that the author … Continue reading Veni, Vidi, Vici (Book Review)
