On Writing Well

The majority of my blog posts are not incredibly well written. I don’t put too much effort into them beyond the content and I typically don’t bother to do any proof reading—much to the chagrin of a number of my readers. But I do value writing well and I put significant effort into papers and [...]

Scripture & Law: Hermeneutics

Few know that my brother blogs, mainly because he doesn’t blog often and doesn’t participate in this very strange community that is the blogosphere. His recent post on hermeneutics in Biblical Interpretation and law interpretation is definitely worth reading: Hermeneutics: Cross Streets for Law & Theology

Seeing and Looking

I had an interesting conversation with my wife while on a walk this evening. Rachel was asking me if I had seen some pictures online of a friend of our’s new baby and in my answer, I was struck by the semantic difference between to see and to look. I saw the pictures, but I [...]

Exciting News: Textual Criticism, OT Studies & NT Studies

Logos is publishing a digital version of the Göttingen Septuagint: HERE. The Septuagint is essential for studying and understanding both the Old and New Testaments and this is a very, very exciting development. You can read more about this critical edition at Logos’ page as well as at the The International Organization for Septuagint and [...]

Back on Track

I received my repaired laptop today with a brand new hard drive. I’m now working on getting back to where I was – that’ll take a couple hours of installing and uninstalling programs. But, we’re on our way…

Muddiman’s Translation of Ephesians 5:18ff.

18 καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία, ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν πνεύματι, 19 λαλοῦντες ἑαυτοῖς [ἐν] ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ᾄδοντες καὶ ψάλλοντες τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ κυρίῳ, 20 εὐχαριστοῦντες πάντοτε ὑπὲρ πάντων ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρί. 21 Ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις ἐν φόβῳ Χριστοῦ, 22 αἱ [...]

Textual Criticism in Ephesians 5:22

I don’t have much time this week for analysis, but I will post the textual evidence for this verse taken from a variety of sources: Tischendorf: τοις ιδι. ανδρασιν sine additam cum B cdd ap Hier Clem592 (citat vv. 21–25). Sic autem Hier ad h. l. “Hoc quod in Latinis exemplaribus additum est: subditae sint, [...]

Turner on the Optative Mood

This is one of those quotes that really, really gets under my skin, while at the same time, making me laugh. “Moreover, the refinements inherent in the use of the optative were beyond the powers of uneducated Greeks and most barbarians.”[1] It makes me laugh because it’s a rather funny statement. It gets under my [...]

Translating 4 Maccabees 9:7

πείραζε τοιγαροῦν, τύραννε, καὶ τὰς ἡμῶν ψυχὰς εἰ θανατώσεις διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν, μὴ νομίσῃς ἡμᾶς βλάπτειν βασανίζων. NRSV: Therefore, tyrant, put us to the test; and if you take our lives because of our religion, do not suppose that you can injure us by torturing us. The NRSV’s translation of καὶ here is perplexing. It [...]

This Week

Unless I find sometime incredibly easy to post that won’t take up much time or perhaps if I find some good older posts to recycle, this little blog will be rather empty this week. I have a lot to d over the next month and I have a conference paper to write. I’m hoping that [...]