A Forum for Scholarship and Discussion
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 19th, 2011
Matthew: The scope of your book Hermeneutics: An Introduction (Eerdmans: 2009) is, to put it flatly, breathtaking. What is the intent of this book, and how does it serve those who are interested in the field of hermeneutics? Thiselton: The book follows fairly closely my lectures on Hermeneutics, given at Nottingham University for M.A. and [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, History, Interview, Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2011
The appearance of this interview has been long in coming. This is, mainly, due to delays in retrieving the detailed photography of the Codex Sinaiticus; photography which unfortunately I haven’t been able to obtain at this point. Nonetheless, I believe this interview provides a very revealing sketch about where our understanding of where the New [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 10th, 2010
Ever since the Enlightenment, Christian academic theologians have had an ambivalent relationship to the Bible. On the one hand, after opening its pages they’ve often sensed they were entering a strange world. For instance, in the world of the Bible things don’t happen because mundane causes have effects, as in the world of the Enlightenment, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 9th, 2010
If you are anything like me you probably stay far away from the popular Creation v. Evolution debate. Personally, I am far more interested in exploring the theological implications and literary nature of Genesis 1-3 than I am arguing about whether or not it is meant as literal history. This perspective made John Walton’s The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 12th, 2010
ne of the reasons I make an intentional and committed effort to studying history is so that I might see the world, not only beyond myself, but through the eyes of another. I suspect this is the very reason I make a practice of reading biographies, memoirs, and auto-biographies every year during the Christmas break. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2010
What did you do last Sunday? What are you doing this Sunday? Author Stephen Miller recently observed that Sunday’s have a rather “peculiar life” in Western culture, and in many ways serve as an indicator of where our culture has been and where it is going. This brings us back to Sunday. For many late [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 16th, 2010
It seems that Spitzer’s book is destined to be bound up with Stephen Hawking’s new book. This, I think is a good thing, as Hawking’s contribution forces to thank deeper and more critically then we other wise would. My friend and co-worker–Nate–feels similarly as he makes pretty clear. Here is what he has to say: [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 10th, 2010
If you are a regular follower of the blog you know that on September 20th, we will begin our second Read In We will be reading and discussing Robert Spitzer’s new book New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions from Contemporary Physics and Philosophy. But before we begin, I wanted to let blog readers [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 1st, 2010
The next book in our blog Read In series will feature a fascinating new book from Eerdmans publishers entitled New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions from Contemporary Physics and Philosophy. I have been eagerly awaiting this title, and the topic covered in the book should make great fodder for discussion. I would like [...]
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 [...]