Editor’s note: This post first appeared on the blog of Union Theological College (UTC) in Belfast, a BibleMesh academic partner. We are delighted to offer you an opportunity to refresh your knowledge of Biblical Hebrew. A free set of online reading sessions will run through October, with Dr. Stephen Moore, Hebrew lecturer at UTC. Anyone …
I hate trying to talk while I’m in the dentist chair. It vexes me why anyone would ask me questions while drilling, scraping, or spraying my teeth. I hope they don’t expect anything more than an “uh-huh” or “huh-uh.” Recently, however, my dental hygienist asked me how long it takes me to prepare a sermon. …
A life spent reading Scripture is a path walked between the comfort of the familiar and the challenge of the unknown. The choice between reading the Bible in translation and learning biblical languages brings this balance into view all the more sharply. We know our English translations well, often unconsciously committing to heart their cadences …
Suppose my house is in a remote area with no one in sight to call my neighbor. Or that my neighborhood is spread over a wide metropolitan area. Would one living two miles away from my house be less my neighbor than my next-door neighbor? Jesus commanded us, You shall love your neighbor as yourself …
In New Testament times a good number of Classical Greek words took on a new semantic dimension. One example is the word ἐκκλησία [eklisia] “church.” This article focuses on a revelation that begins to unfold with Jesus’ utterance of the word ἐκκλησία and which is later portrayed by Paul as “the Body of Christ.” Here …
At Christmas we celebrate Jesus’ birth. But do we know when Jesus was actually born? I do not mean the day, month, or even the year of Jesus’ birth, only the very moment His earthly life began. Simple, yet utterly profound, this question beckons an examination of three Greek verbs and some of their derivatives …