In this supplement we discuss those features that Luke shares with typical Hellenistic histories. We then discuss dissonant features that may support an alternative genre classification.
Scholars determine the characteristics of Hellenistic history from both the historical works themselves …
None of us have met Jesus personally; we did not spend time with him in Galilee. We are among those for whom he prayed just before his crucifixion, when he said, “I pray not for these only, but for them …
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Sister Averil and Brother Ian McHaffie’s work ‘All One in Christ Jesus’[1] challenges the historical role of sisters in the Christadelphian community.
‘Minimalism’ is the view that archaeology provides little or no support for the Biblical history.[1] The best known adherents are OT scholars Philip Davies, Lester Grabbe, Niels Lemche, Thomas Thompson, and Keith Whitelam. However, Israel Finkelstein and Neil …
Last time we had a first look at intertextuality in Revelation by considering the use of Daniel 2 at the beginning of the book. Building on the lesson of Daniel 2, Paul says “that the God of our Lord Jesus …
In previous instalments we saw that the Arians could trace their Christology through a long tradition held by prominent church elders in good standing. But appeals to the past were becoming difficult to justify as innovation gathered apace. Some …
There used to be a TV quiz programme in the UK called “Catchphrase”; it required contestants to look at cartoon pictures representing well-known catchphrases and proverbs and guess them from the picture. The cartoons were sometimes animated; so, for example, …
This psalm-song’s title tells us that it speaks of a glorious thing, of the dedication of the house of the Lord, of the dedication of the place where the incomparable God who cannot be contained by the heaven of …
The genealogy in Matthew chapter 1 contains many unusual features. It is considered by some to be inaccurate, with some names “missing” but as was noted in a previous study, it will not do to simply harmonise away any …
Despite prolific Temple imagery/liturgy occurring in the Apocalypse the impact has been marginal on interpretive approaches and the topos is barely noted in commentaries. Recently this neglect has been addressed by studies from R. A. Brigg, A. & A. …
The purpose of this article is to answer the question: who or what is the holy Spirit mentioned in Isaiah 63? The proposals that can be found in the commentaries are as follows: the psyche of the Deity; the …
Having established in the first installment of this two-part article that the canonical status of Daniel pre-dates the traditional higher critical date (c. 165 BC), the question that we now have is what length of time we should allocate …
Analytical exegetical writing that leads to exposition has declined in the last twenty-five years in the community, both in terms of quality and quantity. There was also greater critical engagement with scholarship in previous generations. Instead, there has been a …