Aug 12, 2017
Reading 4Q124
This article explains how one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, 4Q124, was deciphered.
Labels:
Dead Sea Scrolls,
Genesis,
Hebrew,
Translation
Aug 11, 2017
Struggling Seminaries
This Wall Street Journal article highlights some of challenges facing seminaries today.
Aug 10, 2017
Ktiv: The International Collection of Digitized Hebrew Manuscripts
According to this article, the National Library of Israel has created a massive online database of ancient Jewish manuscripts and images from around the world. "The archive contains nearly 4.5 million images from 45,000 manuscripts, including prayer books, biblical texts, commentary, philosophy, literature and scientific writings in various Jewish-related languages such as Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino and Judeo-Arabic." You can access the database here.
Aug 9, 2017
Haddon Robinson Remembered
As many of you may know, Haddon Robinson recently passed away. DTS Magazine has a nice article here on the man and his ministry. The piece was actually published before Dr. Robinson's death but is still worth reading or rereading. In 2010, I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Robinson in person. I found him to be as gracious and wise as the article suggests.
Aug 8, 2017
James Charlesworth's and Lee McDonald's Lectures at the Lanier Theological Library
I just noticed that the videos of James Charlesworth's talk, “The Theological Value of the ‘Rejected Texts’ and Dead Sea Scrolls for Understanding Jesus,” and Lee McDonald's "Why and When Was Scripture Written? Looking at the New Testament Writings” are now available.
Labels:
Apocrypha,
Bible,
Canon,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
Pseudepigrapha
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