The Christadelphian Ejournal is an online magazine published quarterly and intended to be a forum for articles written in an analytical style. It is a vehicle for exegetical and expositional articles, it engages in academic biblical studies that originate in other Christian confessions, it defends the Biblical principles summarised in the common Christadelphian statement of faith and subject published articles to peer review and amendment.
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 …
In this article[1] we will look at the context of Daniel 11 rather than the prophetic sequence of events detailed in the body of the chapter. These events principally relate to the times of the Seleucids and Ptolemies, …
The eleventh chapter of Daniel, as J. A. Montgomery correctly judged, “is the greatest stumbling-block to the ‘traditionalist’ interpretation of the bk”.[1] The difficulty presented by the chapter is not so much the accuracy of its predictions …
Textual changes can happen for a variety of reasons. Some Hebrew consonants are very similar in shape, and they could be miscopied giving a different word as a result. Letters might be dropped, added or duplicated, or associated with …
Young, R. Rezetko and M. Ehrensvärd, Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts. Volume 1: An Introduction to Approaches and Problems. Volume 2: A Survey of Scholarship, a New Synthesis and a Comprehensive Bibliography. London: Equinox Publishing, October 2008.
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Scholars assert that the book of Job bristles with problems of textual integrity.[1] A discussion of these issues is beyond the scope of this article; instead our argument is that the textual problems highlighted by scholars can be …
Targumic traditions developed in the day-to-day synagogue application of Scripture, (as Hebrew ceased to be the vernacular and was replaced by Aramaic), and they are a witness for identifying common theological conceptions among ordinary Jews in Jesus’ day. However, the …
Christ is first. All is patterned off him as He is the True. Rightly, no one applies ‘type’ (Gk: tupos), given us in Scripture, to Jesus, but how often does one find commentators of various persuasions calling him an ‘antitype’? …
The expression “last days” appears throughout the Jewish scriptures (/[1]—Gen 49:1; Num 24:14; Deut 4:30; 31:29; Jer 23:20; 30:24; 48:47; 49:39; Ezek 38:16; Hos 3:5) and can be considered to be a technical eschatological term for a first …
This study looks at aspects of what is called the Divine Council (DC). I refer to the Biblical concept only, seeing it as a depiction of Yahweh and His subordinate heavenly angelic hosts in the exercising of His will. …
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, …
In an oft quoted challenge based on the language in the book of Daniel, S. R. Driver alleged (emphasis in original):
The Persian words presuppose a period after the Persian Empire had been well established; the Greek words demand, the …
Hebrews 1:6 is often brought up to support the belief that that Jesus is God. Usually the first reason given is because the verse says Jesus is to be worshipped, and worship belongs to God alone. Usually the verse …
NT scholars generally investigate the topic of “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament” rather than Old Testament scholars. However, as a matter of method, they use the consensus positions of Old Testament scholars to tell them …
The second part of our investigation will offer a detailed exegesis of Romans 2 based on the observations noted in the comparison table in the previous article. This will place the matrix of Pauline thought firmly within Deuteronomistic history; particularly …