Foster's Theological Reflections

Greek: καὶ διὰ τὸ ὁμότεχνον εἶναι ἔμενεν παρ’ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἠργάζετο, ἦσαν γὰρ σκηνοποιοὶ τῇ τέχνῃ. HCSB: "and being of the same occupat...

Thus a central characteristic feature of primitive Christian prophecy is found again in Revelation. It was incumbent on the prophets, who st...

Greek: καὶ εὑρών τινα Ἰουδαῖον ὀνόματι Ἀκύλαν, Ποντικὸν τῷ γένει, προσφάτως ἐληλυθότα ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰταλίας καὶ Πρίσκιλλαν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ διὰ τὸ...

Theologian and philosopher Thomas Aquinas describes God as ipsum esse subsistens : "subsistent being itself" or "subsisting e...

 

From Robert Alter, The Art of Bible Translation , page 68, elec. edition: "It is also odd that the modern translators in all their zea...

All verses are from the SBLGNT: 1:3:   μακάριος ὁ ἀναγινώσκων καὶ οἱ ἀκούοντες τοὺς λόγους τῆς προφητείας καὶ τηροῦντες τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ γεγραμμέν...

Christ Jesus undoubtedly knew about the sins of King Solomon and their causal conditions. As Nehemiah wrote, "Did not Solomon king of I...

Greek (NA28): Ἀναγκαῖον δὲ ἡγησάμην Ἐπαφρόδιτον τὸν ἀδελφὸν καὶ συνεργὸν καὶ συστρατιώτην μου, ὑμῶν δὲ ἀπόστολον καὶ λειτουργὸν τῆς χρεία...

Two common ways to question an argument in logic: 1) challenge the argument's premises; 2) supply counterexamples that call into questio...

I've been working my way through Robert Alter's work, The Art of Biblical Translation. He has a number of interesting analyses perta...

Gaining Jehovah's approval and remaining in his love requires being clean inside and out. All of God's people must adhere to Jehovah...

Taken from Nils Ch. Rauhut, Ultimate Questions , 3rd Edition (Boston and Columbus: Prentice Hall, 2011). This is an outline of pages 156-188...

Ἰουδαῖος, αία, αῖον (Clearchus, the pupil of Aristotle, Fgm. 6 [in Jos. , C. Ap. 1, 179 ]; Theophr ., Fgm. 151 W. [WJaeger, Diokles ...

While I understand that there are various ways of delineating God's supposed atemporality, the theologians with whom I have interacted i...

Greek (THGNT): ὅτι ἐποίησέν μοι μεγάλα ὁ δυνατός· καὶ ἅγιον τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ· Martin M. Culy, Mikeal C. Parsons, and Joshua J. Stigall (Bayl...

See https://adw-goe.de/forschung/abgeschlossene-forschungsprojekte/akademienprogramm/septuaginta-unternehmen/veroeffentlichungen/msu/ Most w...

Greek (WH): Θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς εἰδέναι ὅτι παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἡ κεφαλὴ ὁ χριστός ἐστιν, κεφαλὴ δὲ γυναικὸς ὁ ἀνήρ, κεφαλὴ δὲ τοῦ χριστοῦ ὁ θεός. ESV: ...