This textbook officially releases tomorrow:
Andreas J. Köstenberger, Benjamin L. Merkle, and Robert L. Plummer. Going Deeper with New Testament Greek: An Intermediate Study of the Grammar and Syntax of the New Testament. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2016.
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This book categorizes the connective words that indicate logical relationships between clauses:
G. K. Beale, Daniel J. Brendsel, and William A. Ross. An Interpretive Lexicon of New Testament Greek: Analysis of Prepositions, Adverbs, Particles, Relative Pronouns, and Conjunctions. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014.
It mostly collates information from BDAG, Dan Wallace’s intermediate grammar, and Murray Harris’s book on prepositions. It’s small and short (96 pp.).
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I regularly play this 4-minute video in classes I teach because because it illustrates so well how complex it is to translate the Bible into English:
This illustrates how difficult it is to explain the concept of slavery in the OT and NT to people in America today. It also illustrates good translation sense. The committee members are asking exactly the right questions (especially Wayne Grudem here).
The BBC filmed this video when the ESV Translation Oversight Committee met in summer 2010. The committee debated how best to translate the Hebrew word עֶבֶד (‘ebed) and the Greek word δοῦλος (doulos). This video condenses hours of discussion. Members of the committee who speak in this video include Jack Collins, Peter Williams, Gordon Wenham, Paul House, Wayne Grudem, and Lane Dennis.
The 45-minute film Jerusalem that has been showing for a few years in IMAX theaters is now available on DVD.
I watched the film with my wife and three daughters a few weeks ago, and we all enjoyed it. It’s valuable for at least four reasons:
Heads-up:
This is a film worth owning.
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This is a book well worth reading if you teach Greek or if you are a relatively advanced Greek student:
Constantine R. Campbell. Advances in the Study of Greek: New Insights for Reading the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015.
Many modern grammars seem like they are stuck in the late 1800s or early 1900s, and Con Campbell skillfully explains how Greek grammar has advanced in the last hundred years or so. Topics he addresses include linguistic theories, lexical semantics and lexicography, deponency and the middle voice, verbal aspect and Aktionsart, and discourse analysis. [Read more…] about Advances in the Study of Greek: New Insights for Reading the New Testament
This book released last weekend:
David A. Croteau. Urban Legends of the New Testament: 40 Common Misconceptions. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2015. 36-page PDF sample.
In this book my friend Dave debunks forty “urban legends” (though some of these are not exactly “urban legends” but simply require a little more nuance): [Read more…] about Urban Legends of the New Testament: 40 Common Misconceptions
This is probably the most entertaining grammar I’ve read. (It’s lightweight intermediate Greek.)
David Alan Black. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998.
The book ends with a funny footnote (p. 157):
It may appear a bit self-serving to list here so many of my own writings on New Testament studies, but I assure you, dear reader, that all royalties I receive go directly to needy children.
[Footnote] My own.
In 1 Cor 11:2–16 Paul says that a wife should wear a head covering when praying or prophesying when the church gathers to worship, and in 1 Tim 2:9–15 he says that a woman should not teach or exercise authority over a man.
Most complementarians today do not insist that women in all cultures must wear head coverings, but they do argue that women should not teach or exercise authority over a man. Yet in both passages Paul argues from creation:
Do complementarians consistently apply how Paul argues from creation in 1 Cor 11:8–10 and 1 Tim 2:13–14? [Read more…] about Do Complementarians Consistently Apply How Paul Argues from Creation in 1 Cor 11:8–10 and 1 Tim 2:13–14?