Hebrew – Theology for the Masses

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Tom in the Box News

I came across a wonderful Christian satire site, Tom in the Box News, today. The Better Bible’s Blog turned me on to it today, aleting me to the plight of some poor missionaries who are having a hard time translating “thees” and “thous”. Here is a sample of their wonderfulness. Dr. Simmons lamented along a …

September 16, 2008 – 6:56 am | By Honzo | Posted in Humor, translation issues | Tagged Authorized Version, Christian Satire, Christianity, Hard Time, Hebrew, Jesus, King James Version, Kjv Bible, Mean Time, Missionaries, Phrase, Plight, Pricks, Simmons, Struggle, Thous, Tribe, True Bible, Well Meaning, Word Of God | Comments (0)

דמות and Aramaic Terms in Dating the OT

I thought this post series would be interesting considering Tom’s earlier post on Genesis 1:26-27. While the post did not address the issue of Egalitarianism vs Complementarianism, the issue of the date of the text is very interesting considering previous conversations here at MassTheo. The balshanut blog has been summarizing some interesting articles on linguistic …

August 11, 2008 – 1:26 pm | By Hank | Posted in Genesis, The Bible, in translation | Tagged Aramaic Word, Blogger, Conclusion, Conversations, Dating, Definitive Manner, Egalitarianism, Genesis 1, God, Hebrew, Image, Interesting Articles, Journey, Late Date, Likeness, Linguistic Studies, Loanword, Ot, Periscope, Presence | Comments (2)

On creation

“In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.” Genesis 1:1-2 Does the Bible, specifically Genesis 1:1-2, support a doctrine of creatio ex nihilo (creation from nothing)? …

March 3, 2008 – 2:55 pm | By cheapham | Posted in Creationism, Genesis, God, Hermeneutics, Myth, Nature of God, The Bible, Theology, translation issues | Tagged Ancient Israelites, Creation Of The World, Darkness, Early Christians, Face Of The Waters, Formless Void, Genesis 1, God Created The Heavens And The Earth, Hebrew, Schema, Stake, The Bible, Understandings | Comments (18)

Greek Devotions?

The ESV Blog posted on Duncan Forbes’ new way of doing devotions: he uses his Greek New Testament. He is currently blogging about this idea and I must admit, I am very much drawn to it. I think When I come to a break in my devotion plan, I am going to do this. I …

February 25, 2008 – 1:50 pm | By Hank | Posted in The Bible | Tagged Bhs, Blog, Devotion, Devotions, Duncan Forbes, Encouragement, Greek New Testament, Hebrew, Jesus, Lxx, Nuances, Perfect Tense, Slowdown, Tenses | Comments (2)

Curse of the Feminine 2/2

After the ‘Original Sin’ of Adam and Eve, God shows up to collect on their transgression. In ultimate graciousness, God doesn’t come and do as he had promised – that is, He did not bring the Grim Reaper with Him. Rather, Yahweh shows up and calls out for the creatures, giving them opportunity to acknowledge …

October 23, 2007 – 10:48 am | By tom | Posted in Women in Christianity | Tagged Adam And Eve, Childbirth, Community Men, Creatures, Curse, Desire, Dialogue, Gender Relationships, God Doesn, Graciousness, Grim Reaper, Hebrew, Judgment, Original Sin, Patriarchy, Snake Woman, Traditional Approach, Transgression | Comments (5)