Jeremy Thompson

Category: New Testament

  • Replaced by Romans

    Well, the daily Old Testament lectionary readings have been replaced by Romans.  As if someone can understand Romans without having an understanding of the Old Testament.  Oh well, back to randomness for a little while.

  • Free Lectures by Ronald Troxel

    Dr. Ronald Troxel is Distinguished Lecturer (Biblical Languages and Literature) at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. This is one of the top, if not the top, Hebrew and Semitic Studies programs in the US.  He has posted the syllabi for a number of his courses on his faculty page.  In addition, he has links on…

  • Name Changes in the Bible

    Going to be teaching on Genesis 32 tonight where Jacob’s name is changed to Israel.  And, I just started trying to recall some significant name changes in the Bible off the top of my head for illustration purposes.  Here goes: Abram -> Abraham Sarai -> Sarah Jacob -> Israel Joseph -> Zaphenath-paneah Ben-Oni -> Benjamin…

  • Free New Testament Audio Bible Download

    HERE is a link to a free New Testament audio Bible download that is good only for the month of September 2009.  It is available from ChristianAudio.com and is the God’s Word translation of the New Testament.  The title of the audio Bible is the GOD’S WORD Heard! New Testament.  Don’t miss out on this…

  • Ken Brown – An Introduction to the Gospel of John

    Many blog posts are little snippets here and there (like this one). But, Ken Brown has written a blog post introducing the Gospel of John that has a little meat to it. Certainly, it is no book length treatment, but if you are looking for a very succinct introduction with a bibliography you might check…

  • 16 Free New Testament Commentaries

    I just re-found this link yesterday.  InterVarsity Press has allowed BibleGateway.com to publish 16 volumes of their IVP New Testament Commentaries online for free.  These are some of the better commentaries that you will find online for free.  You can check them out HERE.  If you are interested in learning more about InterVarsity and InterVarsityPress,…

  • What Does it Mean for Revelation to be Prophecy?

    In Revelation 1.3 one reads, “Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy,…”  In the Old Testament sense of the word, what does it mean for something to be a prophecy?  This is not meant to be an across the board assessment.  I am certain that ideas concerning prophecy developed into…