Words on the Word
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How to Read and Understand the Göttingen Septuagint: A Short Primer, part 2 (Apparatus)
The one who is serious about getting at the earliest attainable text of the Hebrew Bible will eventually find herself or himself face-to-face with a page like this: The Göttingen Septuagint is the largest scholarly edition of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. Its full title is Septuaginta: Vetus Testamentum Graecum Auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis … Continue reading
Review of Beale’s Handbook at The Blog of the Twelve
I’ve just recently learned about The Blog of the Twelve. Based on what I’ve seen so far, it’s recommended reading, especially for folks with an interest in the Minor Prophets. There is a good book review from that blog of G.K. Beale’s Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament. (That book was a … Continue reading
Christian Apologetics winner
We have a winner in the giveaway contest at Words on the Word for Zondervan’s primary source compendium, Christian Apologetics: An Anthology of Primary Sources, edited by Khaldoun A. Sweis and Chad V. Meister. I have weathered the storm, several flickers of the power on and off, and have selected the winner at random. (Actually, … Continue reading
Christian Apologetics: free book giveaway
One good giveaway deserves another. The other day I noted that Zondervan has just put out a primary source compendium called Christian Apologetics: An Anthology of Primary Sources, edited by Khaldoun A. Sweis and Chad V. Meister. I have an extra copy to give away (not my review copy). It’s a good resource to have on the … Continue reading
Christian Apologetics: a review
I still remember, as a 16-year-old, sitting down at my parents’ computer, hearing the dial tone, and logging on to AOL. I would do this often, not just to check the new technological miracle known as e-mail, but also to go into chat rooms (remember those?) and seek to share my faith with others online. I … Continue reading
Paul and the Old Testament
There are over 100 explicit quotations of Scripture in Paul’s letters and at least double that number of allusions. However, what is potentially more useful than just citing Paul’s answers to first-century questions is to study how Paul interpreted Scripture, and that is the theme of this book. (1) This summer I reviewed the third volume … Continue reading
BHS module in Accordance 10, reviewed
Oddly enough, the biggest challenge for me in my Hebrew exegesis classes was not to do with the Hebrew language itself. Instead, learning how to decipher the abbreviations and sigla in the “critical apparatus” of a scholarly Hebrew Bible stretched me most. I recently wrote a brief introduction to the available scholarly editions of the … Continue reading
N.T. Wright on learning Greek, and a review of A Reader’s Hebrew and Greek Bible by Zondervan
I met N.T. Wright briefly in January at a worship symposium and asked him how to improve my Greek. He said, “Read the text, read the text, read the text.” He told me to really get the feel of the language. Don’t think of Greek just as a code for English; get into the Greek … Continue reading
BHS, the Göttingen Septuagint, and other critical editions: a basic orientation to what they are
Most students of the Hebrew Bible who read Hebrew know of the premier scholarly edition, the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS, here on Amazon). The BHS is now being updated by the BHQ (Q=Quinta), about which you can read more here. Both the BHS and BHQ are “diplomatic” editions of the text, which means that they … Continue reading
Logos 4: a quick note about a portable library
Ah, the age-old debate about how one should build a library: print or digital? Okay, it’s not really that old of a debate. But it’s one I’ve gone back and forth on. I own the major lexicon for the Greek New Testament in digital edition. Same thing with the major lexicon for the Hebrew Bible. (They’re both … Continue reading
