Genesis 6-9 describes the flood with comparatively little physical detail. The global flood interpretation has substantial opposition from many scientific disciplines; the local flood reading has considerably less (if any) problems. The Mesopotamian region is known for extensive flooding …
An inference of global scope is made from the use of terms and expressions such as “all flesh”, “every living substance”, and “every living thing of all flesh”.[1] The catalogue appears comprehensive. The problem with the argument …
The global interpretation of the Flood account is very old and very common in Jewish and Christian thought. It rests on a straightforward reading of the “global language” of the account. Today, the strength of the local flood reading …
A common reading of the story of the flood is that it describes the origins of the phenomenon of the rainbow. Such a phenomenon is global in nature – rainbows appear anywhere on earth given the right conditions. The …
The local flood interpretation of Genesis 6-8 has biblical and non-biblical support. In this article we will set out the case for a local flood using an historical argument. It will be evident that we regard the Genesis story as …
A common objection against fundamentalist Christians is that they believe in a “god of the gaps”. Non-believers accuse fundamentalists of shifting their interpretation of the Bible in respect of the creation and the flood accounts to avoid scientific objections. …
And yet this was a small thing in your sight, O Lord God; and you have also spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come. Is this the manner of man, O Lord God? 2 Sam 7:19 …
With the archeological discoveries of the 19c., there was a great interest and much ink expended in correlating the Biblical accounts with archeological data. The book of Daniel was no exception and discoveries such as the name of Belshazzar …
A previous article concluded that Paul’s use of Deut 30:12-14 in Rom 10:3-8 can only be correctly understood against the backdrop of Hezekiah. Paul reads the covenant in Deuteronomy through the lens of Isaiah. We noted that Paul’s usage …
This article shows how the New Testament applies Ps 110:1 to Jesus with his Father in heaven. This article is designed to tell the significant New Testament truth that English translations have needlessly obscured about Jesus and his Father.
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In the majority of his Old Testament citations, Paul adheres to the original sense of the passage.[1] However, in Rom 10:3-8 he appears to be quoting scripture without regard to the original context. Paul seems to deliberately …
In an earlier article, “The Restoration of Israel”,[1] it was suggested that one reason for the Gentile Mission being brought forward in the purpose of God was to place ecclesias in the Diaspora to witness to …
The final part of our investigation will offer a detailed exegesis of Romans 3 based on the observations noted in the comparison table in the first article. This will continue our placement of Pauline thought firmly within Deuteronomistic history; …
The Qumran community was charismatic in the broad sense of the word “charismatic”; that is, they gave a prominent role to the holy Spirit in the life of the disciple, particularly in his or her moral life. There is no …
If you look at the footnotes of books and articles written in, say, the 1950s, in the area of OT and NT scholarship, you will see many names of scholars who are no longer cited very often. From each generation, …