Brevard Childs and Julius Wellhausen are two of my intellectual heroes. But they do not get along—so to speak.
I put some questions recently to John Meade and Peter Gurry regarding their newly launched Text and Canon Institute, based at Phoenix Seminary. In this interview, they discuss the impetus behind the Institute, the significance of textual criticism...
By John D. Meade In biblical and theological instruction and writing, it is common to refer to “the LXX” or “the Septuagint.” Old Testament/Hebrew Bible scholars refer to the LXX as the oldest translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, and scholars in...
The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered between 1947 and 1956, transformed biblical studies. Found in a series of caves near an archaeological site on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea known as Qumran, they contributed to research on ancient scribal...
Martin Luther described the Apocrypha as “books which are not considered equal to the Holy Scriptures, while at the same time . . . are profitable and good to read.” Luther translated these books and included them between the Old and New Testaments...
Today’s post is built around content from Michael Allen, coordinator of the theological exegesis track and D. James Kennedy Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Knox Theological Seminary. * * * Knox Theological Seminary is proud to...