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A great new book on Inspiration
Yesterday I went to the library at Notre Dame Seminary after class and saw Denis Farkasfalvy’s book Inspiration and Interpretation: A Theological Introduction on Sacred Scripture on the cart of new arrivals. I checked it out and pretty well couldn’t put it down. Farkasfalvy covers some of the same ground that Peter Enns does in…
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journal articles or books? (qotd)
here’s a question of the day for you: if you were stranded on a deserted island, and your goals were strictly academic (i.e. not reading for pleasure – perhaps you are going to send out a scholarly article in a bottle), and you could only read either a) academic journal articles or b) academic books,…
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Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament – Review
This review is of the Kindle edition of Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament edited by Vanhoozer (print edition here). In terms of the layout of the text, everything in the Kindle version is pretty user friendly. The Table of Contents is all linked up nicely, which makes the text easier to navigate in many…
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Of the making of many books there is no end …
I’m reminded of this line from Ecclesiastes every year when I visit the book exhibit at SBL. I know that I have not yet published a book, but I’m becoming less and less impressed when people tell me that they have. Quite frankly, I’m also becoming more and more convinced that some publishers will put…
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Teaching the Bible: Practical strategies for classroom instruction
I’ve used or adapted a couple of activities out of Teaching the Bible: Practical strategies for classroom instruction (free preview at Google Books) this semester. And, I have to say that some of them have worked really well. Yesterday, we used one of the activities on Proverbs where we constructed a set of proverbs as…
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Cornerstone Biblical Commentary Volume 6 (Review)
I recently received the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary 9 (=CBC), Volume 6 on Job, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs in the mail from Adam Sabados (you can follow him and Tyndale house on Twitter). I will give a brief mention of the authors and talk a bit more about the contents mixed in with a…
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor – Review
Recently, I picked up a copy of How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading between the Lines by Thomas Foster. It is one of those books that you’re walking through the bookstore and maybe think “That looks interesting. Probably wouldn’t take long to read.” Here are my impressions.…
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Favorite Book on Evolution?
The whole recent uproar about evolution has gotten me thinking about the subject once again as it has been a while since I’ve thought much about it. It dawned on me that many Christians would like to learn more about evolutionary theory, even if they don’t accept it. The only books they may be aware…
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Are There Any Good Introductions to the Writings?
I was reading a bit from Collins’ Introduction to the Hebrew Bible today. And, I realized once again how much I prefer to read short books over long ones. Collins is about 700 pages. Don’t get me wrong, I like long books as reference works. And, I’ll read them from time to time. But, I…