The Term ‘elep (אלף)

Christopher Eames has a good aricle here on the meaning of the challenging Hebrew term ‘elep (אלף) and how that might relate to certain biblical texts.

The Holy Spirit and Gender

Gary Manning has a good discussion here of the Holy Spirit and how grammatical gender works in the biblical languages.

From Paleo-Hebrew to Aramaic Script

You can check out a fascinating explantion here.

Deuteronomy 4:29

I am somewhat reticent to go against common translation conventions but there are occasions where one should consider it. Peter Goeman makes such a case in his treatment of Deuteronomy 4:29. Check out his argument here.

Archaic Hebrew Poetry in the Torah

Tania Notarius has an interesting discussion here regarding possible remnants of archaic Hebrew poetry in the Torah.

The Amarna Letters

TheTorah.com has an eight part series on the Amarna Letters here. I am not sure how new it is but it was new to me. 

Translating John 3:16

Gary Manning has a good discussion here concerning whether one should translate John 3:16 as “God so loved” or “God loved in this way.” I like his 'have your cake and eat it too" conclusion but not sure if it works.

Advice for Reading Biblical Henrew

Nothing really new but David Miller just provides some sound advice here.

The Samaritan Pentateuch

The Samaritan Pentateuch: An English Translation with a Parallel Annotated Hebrew Text by Moshe Florentin and Abraham Tal is available for free via open access here.

HT: Steven Fine

Jonah: A Visual Reader

You can access a free PDF copy of an updated edition of Sawyer Moranville's Jonah: A Visual Reader from Lingua Deo Gloria here.

Five Problems with Linguistic Theory in Biblical Studies

Travis Wright talks about it here.

Hebrew and Greek Errors in Preaching and Teaching

Please read and not this excellent article on how Hebrew and Greek word studies can go sideways.

Numbers 6:24-26 in Song

Michael Halcomb has posted a video of a song featuring the Aaronic Blessing in Numbers 6:24-26 in Greek using the LXX. Pretty cool. You can check it out here.

Greek Suggestions

Nijay Gupta has some suggestions here for what to do after completing one year of Greek. Mostly he suggests resources which are fine but mostly one needs to just read the text.

Hebrew Transliteration App

I have only fiddled with it, but this Hebrew transliteration app seems pretty cool. The app follows the style guide of the Journal of Semitic Studies. Unfortunately, this is just one of many transliteration forms.

Hapax Legomena in the Hebrew Bible

Gary Rendsburg has a nice post here on ten hapax legomena (words only used once) in the Hebrew Bible.

Unique Roots in the Greek New Testament

Very interesting post here on the vocabulary range of Greek words in the New Testament.

Greek Word Order

Mike Aubrey has a good explanation of the significance of Greek word order here.

The Original Pronunciation of the Hebrew Bible

Geoffrey Khan has a very interesting and helpful discussion here.

Habakkuk Exegetical Notes

Dennis Wretland has posted his extensive exegetical notes on Habakkuk here.