A Forum for Scholarship and Discussion
Posted in Biblical Studies on Aug 31st, 2010
Looking over our first Read In, I am quite pleased with the progress we made and the quality discussion that was generated. While the our progression through the book deviated from our schedule, I think, in the end, this was a good thing. It allowed us to explore issues that we would have missed had [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Hebrews on Aug 25th, 2010
I was very intrigued by David Allen’s short vignette he wrote in response to the Pitts/Walker thesis. Reading it has engendered several interesting questions. Why is it not possible that Luke recorded Paul’s sermons/speeches as he did in Acts? And further, does not this possibility lend itself to Luke’s methodological style of “collecting” information (to [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Hebrews, Pauline Studies on Aug 24th, 2010
In my August 20th blog post, I mentioned an interview with Andrew Pitts and Joshua Walker pertaining to the authorship of Hebrews and their thesis that Luke acted as a stenographer for Paul. Michael Bird performed the interview on his blog, euangelizomai.blogspot.com, and the questions raised were quite compelling in my mind. Here is my [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 20th, 2010
Before moving forward with our discussion of linguistics, allow me to set out where I think the evidence has led us to this point. Allen’s methodology requires that two components be present in order to make a reasonable argument for a particular author of Hebrews. The first is historical proximity. If we accept that Hebrews [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies on Aug 19th, 2010
Today our post will be confined to a brief summary of important points, and the posing of what I believe to be a very important question. As a whole, there is little doubt in my mind that the linguistic evidence points towards either Luke or Paul as the author of Hebrews. Still, there is just [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Hebrews, Pauline Studies on Aug 18th, 2010
In part 2 of the Read-In we covered Allen’s analysis of Apollos and Barnabas as potential authors of Hebrews. The evidence to support these candidates is, to say the least, very thin. The Apostle Paul however, is another matter entirely. In this supplemental post we will concisely examine Allen’s treatment of the Pauline hypothesis. The [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Hebrews, History, Pauline Studies on Aug 17th, 2010
In part 1 of our Read-In of the Lukan Authorship of Hebrews we looked at the primary methodological structures set up by David Allen. Today, in part 2, we are going to see how those structures affect Allen’s treatment of the two authorial candidates for Hebrews, namely, Barnabas and Apollos. In a supplementary post (to [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Hebrews, History, Interpretation/Hermeneutics/Exegesis on Aug 16th, 2010
The conclusions one draws about the authorship of Hebrews will in large part depend on methodology. In reading the Lukan Authorship of Hebrews, we need to pay strict attention to the methodological structure that David Allen sets in place. First, Allen gives clear primacy to NT authors with whose writings we are familiar. While he [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Old Testament on Aug 13th, 2010
The discipline of OT Studies has long suffered from a dearth of strong mid to upper level single-volume commentaries on the minor prophets. Eerdmans’ release of Hosea in the NICOT series is a major step forward in addressing this gap. While there are many commentaries that address Hosea, they are usually combined with commentaries on [...]
Posted in Biblical Socio-Historical Studies, Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Interpretation/Hermeneutics/Exegesis, New Testament, Pauline Studies on Aug 12th, 2010
What’s in the Word: Rethinking the Socio-Rhetorical Character of the New Testament. By Ben Witherington III. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2009. Pp. 195. Read a Sample. Christianbook.com/academic $24.99. Bryan R. Dyer, Ph.D. Candidate McMaster Divinity College Hamilton, ON. Ben Witherington has for the greater part of the last twenty years been refining and applying [...]