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It just dawned on me why those asterisks appeared. The word I was going for was "Open-ism" without the hyphen...which of course leaves a male organ in the middle which was bleeped out. So "O****m" = "Open-ism"="Open theism"

I don't think "orthodox" is the term you're looking for because the term refers to what is "commonly" accepted--in which case, of course it's orthodox because O*****m is a minority position (by a longshot). As to whether I think it's biblically correct? No, I don't. Do I think it is...

Ed, I have a question for you. Who is the individual seated on the throne in Revelation?

Try reading Cross' and Talmon's "Qumran and the Biblical Text".

I used to be employed by the federal government's National Science Foundation, and worked in experimental astrophysics. I read through the website above. It's beyond preposterous.

I'm sorry, but I humbly think I need to disagree. An important book to read before considering the use of some of these aids is D.A. Carson's "Exegetical Fallacies" which makes these following points and others glaringly clear. I've studied Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic for a while. All...

Have you had the opportunity to read much of David Clines' work as well?

I've worked through that Wright book....I tell people it's like trying to digest a phonebook. I can't read more than 20 pages at a time without stopping. I have a few spots in the book where I think I might disagree -- and if not disagree, think some modifications are in order (for example, his...

Hey filo, you read Bruggeman, huh? I've recently digested some of his postmodern hermeneutics (which is both scary in one sense and challenging in another). What an interesting fellow he is -- an excellent scholar, although I too don't like a lot of his perspectives on hermeneutics, interfaith...

This is where I think we need to be kind of careful: the documentary hypothesis does not only imply that "the Pentateuch has been redacted".Though it certainly means at least that, when scholars refer to the doc. hypothesis, they mean much much more. The presuppositions behind JEDP, which...

In the past 50 years modern scholarship Near Eastern and Biblical scholarship has been carefully re-investigating the content of the New Testament in light of what can be ascertained about 1st century Palestinian Judaism and the socio-political climate of the day. This enterprise -- leading...

Yeah, that's a great point too. I watched tons of Greek students really flounder around because the didn't understand English grammar. I think what really helped me in Greek is the fact that I had done serious studying in German (both grammar, and then took a class in German classics, etc.) and...

Well, it's more difficult than calling the Jews hypocrites, and saying Yahweh's charge to stop sacrificing prefigures Christ. That's actually a pretty crass way of putting it unless you have a bit of a grip on the dating of Isaiah, the books intended audience, and the historical context of the...

There are both advangates and disadvantages to learning Attic before Koine. I guess in my mind, it really does boil down to how "seriously" you're planning on studying Greek texts -- professionally, or as an amateur. I've been told that learning Attic before Koine is easier than the other way...

I'm no fundamentalist. Not a liberal either. I'm in line with filosofer up there for the most part. The interesting thing is that the documentary hypothesis, and source criticism in general, was first started by Julius Wellhausen -- who incidentally was a devout Lutheran (granted, living in...

Oh yeah, as far as Intro Greek Grammars go, I used Machen's Intro to NT Greek. I've been told by some NT Scholars that Mounce's Basics of NT Greek is very good, and is almost standard now. (I took a look at it myself and really liked it. It looked easy to reference, and find subjects in) In...

Filosopher, I really enjoy reading your posts. I thought I'd drop something by just in case you're interested: "translate" probably also appears one more time in the Aramaic of Ezra too. In Ezra 4:17 it translates literally: "...the letter which you sent to (or 'concerning' depending on how you...

Im think Im with filosofer up there. I know some Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic, and I translate through parts of the NT and OT (and other literature) every day. The more I study the languages, the more I'm aware of how really tough Bible translation is -- even when you have all the best reference...

So if the KJV is the only way, what do you conclude about both a) textual traditions that act as the basis for the KJV, and b) subsequently my Greek and Hebrew Bibles? There's a lot of history about the transmission of the Greek and Hebrew texts that I'd be interested in hearing how you deal...

[COLOR=darkblue] A QUOTE FROM PAROUSIA: "The Greek for "air" in this passage, is "aer" and describes a specific type of "air". Not the air where birds fly and higher, Next is the Greek "apantesis" which is translated into the english "meet".Apantesis is a very unique word used only 3 other...