Common Denominator

I am working through a section of a chapter that first presents various proposals for entities the Jews might have worshiped in some way in ...

Many thanks to John Byron for having Zondervan send me a copy of a new book called,  I (Still) Believe . You can pre-order it right now fo...

Reading through Terence Donaldson's  Jews and Anti-Judaism in the New Testament .   For previous summaries: Introduction Matthew and ...

I told my students I might find myself unable not to go ahead and boil the first four chapters of Hebrews into bullets, especially since the...

Came across this statement by Peter H. Davids in his 2 Peter commentary in the new Pillar series, writing about Richard Bauckham's under...

I'm behind on Calvin, but read this today: "Here we must more carefully attend to those subtleties with which superstition disports...

Same drill. At least 100 word response to something in the post, then 2 further comments in relation to something someone else has commente...

Same drill. If you're in the class, 100 word initial response, 2 more substantial responses to other comments that ensue. Outsiders are ...

I'm in the final stages of a piece I'm writing on Hebrews and the worship of Jesus. In the process of writing, I've engaged heav...

It's always funny when you have assumed something for a while and then actually investigate it and find out it is based on pretty flimsy...

After years of some general hunches and vague feelings, I believe I am finally ready to formulate a positioned statement on what I think Jew...

Chapter 10 of James D. G. Dunn's, The Partings of the Ways is "One God, One Lord," and it asks whether or not Paul's writ...

Today I want to reflect on a paper Richard Bauckham gave at a conference in St. Andrews in 1998: "The Throne of God and the Worship of ...

Hi Ken, Interesting stuff. I've a great interest in these questions and would appreciate your thoughts. As I've studied the various ...

Thanks to Jonathan for putting me onto Richard Bauckham's chapter, "Biblical Theology and the Problem of Monotheism" in the co...

I'm writing a little piece on Jewish monotheism and so am trying to organize in my mind a host of materials on the subject. Today I tho...

The first four verses of Hebrews ended with the statement that Christ "sat down on the right hand of Majesty in the heights, having bec...