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.
The hefty price tag, along with the philosophic content, will mean that The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity will escape the attention of most readers. Yet, though it will never be bedtime reading, this two volume compilation witnesses …
Most books on the nature and identity of Jesus Christ fall into one of two categories: polemic or apologetic. Kermit Zarley’s The Restitution of Jesus Christ (hereafter “TRJC”) is a rare exception, challenging mainstream Christian readers without insisting that they …
‘Binatarian’ is a theological term akin to ‘Trinitarian’; it is used when a theologian wants to speak of ‘two’ as opposed to ‘three’ in matters to do with God; its purpose is to place Jesus and the Father on an …
Jewish historiographical work that has survived from the Second Temple period includes (among other things) the Maccabean books, Jubilees, Pseudo-Philo, the Genesis Apocryphon, Philo’s biographies and Josephus. In addition, fragments of Jewish historians have survived, for example, Aristobulus and …
This article will examine the tendentious translations offered by some of the modern versions of Phil 2:6. There is no doubt that linguists approach a text with certain assumptions and preconceptions. It is virtually impossible for anyone to approach …
John 1:1, 14 has been much studied for its background, and different proposals have held their sway in the history of scholarship.[1] Rather than discuss these contextualization theories, we will put aside the question of the relationship …
The first attempt within the Christadelphian community to systematically detail and examine the intertextuality of the Apocalypse occurred in 1977 with the publication of “701 Quotations in the Apocalypse”.[1] It is of more than passing interest that …
How far we have been distracted from Christian life? It’s a question which we can probably not answer, but it’s my intention to provoke some thought in this area.
My basic premise is a gloomy one: we are sinful creatures …
Genesis contains three patriarchal narratives with a similar sister-wife motif (Gen 12:10-20; 20:1-18; and 26:1-11). In each account the patriarch passes of his wife as his sister out of fear for his own life. This article will examine the …
Jesus said that, “A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his own house” (Matt 13:57). We are familiar with the episodes of his rejection at Nazareth (Luke 4) and by his own family (Mark …
The Greek term translated as ‘mediator’ () is flexible enough to carry a range of meanings including that of an ‘intermediary’. The difference between an intermediary and a mediator is that whereas the former functions solely as a communicator …
The Greek term translated ‘mediator’ is not an uncommon word in Greek literature and so scholars will study other uses of the word when deciding what its use in the NT means, especially when that usage is only six …
The KJV is very familiar: there is one mediator of God and of men, a man Christ Jesus (1 Tim 2:5). What does the Greek underlying ‘mediator’ mean? Our case is that Jesus is an ‘intermediary’ for …
Philosophers have argued about the existence of God for millennia, and we might suppose that we could find God if we studied their arguments. There are two problems with such a proposal: the first difficulty is that philosophers disagree amongst …
If a human covenant is established then additional clauses cannot be ‘added’ or changed afterwards. God made a covenant with Abraham which promised him the birth of Christ. The Law was given 430 years after the Promise and therefore cannot …
Therefore I retract, and I repent in dust and ashes. Job 42:6 (NASB)
Therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes. Job 42:6 (ESV)
These two modern translations are different in one of the main verbs; in addition …
The ‘Low Chronology’ is a proposed re-dating of the Iron Age, placing the reigns of David and Solomon in an era during which there is no archaeological evidence supporting them.
This suggested ‘Low Chronology’ supposedly supports the replacement of this …
Gender issues have been the subject of debate in our community in recent years, as they have been in the wider Christian community. The purpose of this column is to examine Biblical teaching on gender related issues.
The analytic category …
In 1 Samuel 4 – 7 the Spirit records an enigmatic event where the ark of Israel is lost to the Philistines. A simple reading of the text inevitably leads to a number of intriguing questions.[1] Why does …
Boys at Westminster Under School from 1948 to 1955 may have been surprised at the way their Classics Master spent his spare time. He sat in the British Museum peering at ancient clay tablets and drawing the cuneiform signs impressed …
Few other books of the Bible, save perhaps Revelation, so interest and agitate scholars and laity alike as the book of Daniel. Our own community is no exception; many books and articles have been written about this intriguing part of …
The concept of a “companion” is difficult to define; is it necessary background information or is it supplementary material? Some companions provide a useful introduction to a topic with an overview of the current state of the field. This companion …
Some time ago I attended a presentation about the impact of the open access movement on journal publishing. The speaker commented on how the discourse about a particular subject can easily be moulded by a set of baseless assertions; it …
J. D. G. Dunn dedicates his book to R. Bauckham and L. Hurtado, “partners in dialogue”, and his book should be seen as a response to their works.[1] The title question is particularly pertinent because both Bauckham and …
‘En-Roeh’ is the title of a 512 page commentary on Isaiah, Habakkuk and Nahum by W. A. Wordsworth published in 1939 by T&T Clark of Edinburgh and now only available through second-hand sources such as www.abebooks.co.uk. It is mainly a …
The task of defending the Nicene Creed fell to Athanasius, successor to Alexander of Alexandria. Controversially appointed as Bishop of Alexandria in AD 328, whilst still less than thirty years old,[1] he was influenced by Western theologians he …
The abundance of examples of number, acts of numbering, or of reckoning, associated with Abraham seem unparalleled of an individual elsewhere in The Bible.[1] This article investigates certain examples in Abraham’s life that provide insight into the mind …
For much of Paul, it is necessary to contextualize him within the matrix of the Old Testament, in order to properly understand the complexity of his argument. Many of his sources for Galatians 3 are already known (such as Genesis …
Luke 23:43 is used by some as a proof-text for heaven-going:
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise. Luke 23:43 (KJV)
In this article, we will present an …