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The Christadelphian eJournal of Biblical Interpretation, Vol 3

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      • The Destination and Purpose of the Fourth Gospel

      Ashton describes the problem of John’s audience as follows,

      There are, broadly speaking, three questions that may be asked concerning John’s audience or readership: was it (a) universal or particular; (b) Jewish or Gentile (or possibly Samaritan -somewhere in between …

      Praise to God’s name and the Psalm form ‘Hallelu-Yah’

      Introduction

      This is an introductory study about praise to God. In this first instance, I am looking at praise to His name in the Biblical form: ‘Hallelu-Yah’ (or, ‘Halleluia’ in the Greek of Revelation 19).

      We can ask: How does …

      Who or What is “The Northerner” in Joel?

      Introduction

      The term for “the Northerner” () presents a problem of interpretation that has been noted in commentaries, and this problem is whether it would have been used for locusts or a nation to the north and/or east of the …

      Psalm 82 in the Fourth Gospel

      Introduction

      A previous article investigated the use of Psalm 89 in the Fourth Gospel and briefly noted that both Psalm 89 and Psalm 82 make use of the “divine council” motif. It concluded that the relevance of Psalm 89 to …

      Psalm 89 and the Fourth Gospel

      Introduction

      Psalm 89 is generally not recognised as contributing to the theology of the Fourth Gospel. The following article will act as a corrective by demonstrating the multiple allusions and echoes of the Psalm throughout the Fourth Gospel and particularly …

      Book Notice: The Edited Bible by John Van Seters

      There is a generally accepted notion in biblical scholarship that the Bible as we know it today is the product of editing from its earliest stages of composition through to its final, definitive and ‘canonical’ textual form. So persistent has …

      The Brotherhood of Edom

      One of the key themes of the OT prophets is the brotherhood between Edom and Israel. This concept of brotherhood stems from earlier tradition that traces these two nations back to the two sons of Isaac: Esau and Jacob. The …

      Dating the Hebrew Kings

      Introduction

      The standard conservative introduction to the topic of dating the Hebrew kings is E. R. Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings.[1] Modifications of Thiele’s chronology have been made by other conservative scholars, for example by …

      Christadelphians and Degree-Level Biblical Studies

      Relatively few Christadelphians undertake degree-level Biblical Studies. More undertake such study in other “Abrahamic” churches which, along with Christadelphians, originate in the Restoration Movement in the USA in the 1830s; such churches have a supported ministry. This take-up contrasts with …