tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81861254683930544462024-03-04T21:08:10.094-08:00EutychusNew Testament Interpretation, Theological Musings, and Random SmatteringsEutychushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071386254682518917noreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-58400846322260331022016-01-19T14:05:00.002-08:002016-01-19T14:07:24.498-08:00The Hobbit in Ancient Greek, part 17
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<![endif]-->«ἐφ’ οὗ ὀφειλω εἶναι;» εἶπεν ὁ μάγος. «εὐδοκῶ
ὅμως μάνθανειν ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ τινος περὶ ἐμοῦ. δοκῶ γε ὑμᾶς μιμνῄσκεσθαι φιλῶς τῶν
πυροτεχνήματων μου, καὶ Gary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-24914259603861279922015-10-01T19:06:00.002-07:002015-10-01T19:06:22.831-07:00Did the Apostle Paul use Profanity?
In Philippians 3:8, the apostle Paul compares his religious
credentials to knowing Jesus. The difference could hardly be more
emphatic: “knowing Christ Jesus my Lord” is of “surpassing value,” but
Paul’s past success is like σκύβαλα (skubala). σκύβαλα is commonly
translated as rubbish, refuse, or garbage, but sometimes more strongly as dung,
in both ancient and modern translations (VulgateGary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-65976788426167353362015-09-23T20:41:00.000-07:002015-09-23T20:41:40.304-07:00Does "I Am" always refer to God in the Gospel of John?It is commonly claimed that when Jesus used the phrase “I am” (ἐγώ
εἰμι, ego eimi), he was making a
direct reference to the name of God in
the Old Testament, YHWH. There is some truth to this, but I want to
suggest three important caveats to this claim:
“I am” (ἐγώ εἰμι), by itself, is not a code for the name of God;
“I am” is only intended to refer to deity in some of Jesus’ sayings;
Gary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-20565975790021941782015-07-16T19:56:00.003-07:002015-07-16T21:05:13.030-07:00The Hobbit in Ancient Greek, paragraph 16
Γανδάλφε, Γανδάλφε! Βαβαί! Μή ὁ μάγος ὁ πλανητός ὁ δούς τῷ
Τούκ τῷ Πρεσβύτῃ δύω
περόνας μαγικάς ἔμψηφας ἐμπερονησάμενας ἑαυτὰς
οὐδέποτε λύουσας ἕως ἐπιταγῶσιν; Μή ὁ ἐν
τοῖς δείπνοις εἴπων μύθευματα τοιαῦτα θαυμαστὰ περὶ δρακόντων καὶ μορμολυκεῖων καὶ γιγάντων καὶ βοήθειας βασίλισσων καὶ εὐτύχιας
ἀπροσδόκετης υἱῶν χηρῶν; μή ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ ποιήσας τοιαῦτα ἄριστα
πυροτεχνήματα; μιμνῄσκομαι Gary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-90646750633885295822015-05-14T00:05:00.000-07:002015-05-14T10:47:49.318-07:00I am the Very Model of a Doctor of New TestamentWith apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan's "I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General," a patter-song in The Pirates of Penzance. If you're not familiar with the tune, you can listen to the original here.
Also inspired by Josh Tyra's Old Testament-oriented "I am the Very Model of a Biblical Philologist"
I am the very model of a Doctor of New Testament,
I exegete pericopae in weather fine or Gary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-10424523026025234262015-05-08T21:47:00.000-07:002015-05-09T07:43:52.955-07:00The Hobbit in Ancient Greek, paragraphs 14-15
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Gary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-81230148275475498532015-04-29T00:08:00.004-07:002015-04-29T22:12:11.069-07:00The Hobbit in Ancient Greek, paragraphs 12-13
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Gary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-92119228188075788042015-04-13T21:29:00.001-07:002015-04-22T09:33:25.415-07:00New claims regarding the "Family of Jesus" tomb
“Geologist claims Jesus was married… and had a SON:
Expert says he has proof son of God was buried in 'family tomb' along
with wife Mary and his brother” screams the headline. The sensational
headline, along with the release date on Easter weekend, should be our
first warning to take the announcement with a grain of salt.
To understand what these claims are, we need to go back to a (widelyGary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-23500071016234040792015-04-07T20:23:00.003-07:002015-04-29T22:15:58.197-07:00The Hobbit in Ancient Greek, paragraph 9
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<![endif]-->Οὐδέν ὑποπτεύων Βίλβος εἶδεν οὐδενα τούτο τὸ πρωΐ ἀλλά πρεσβύτην ῥάβδον ἔχων. ἦν δὲ ἐνδεδυμένος
θολίας εὐμήκης ὑακίνθης καὶ στολὴς φαίης
Gary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-41912916041057713192015-04-02T16:48:00.000-07:002015-04-29T22:23:39.119-07:00The Hobbit in Ancient Greek, paragraphs 7-8<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Gary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-11287270340116081182015-04-01T12:23:00.000-07:002015-04-01T12:24:04.991-07:00Three Days and Three Nights
The message of Easter is much more important than its chronology.
Still, people often ask me questions about chronology in the Gospels. In my earlier post,
I answered questions related to the date of Easter and the apparent
difference between the chronology found in John and in the Synoptic
Gospels. Today, I answer a few questions related to the "three days and
three nights."
Why is theGary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-20651781490919406672015-03-30T22:40:00.003-07:002015-03-30T22:41:37.818-07:00Chronology of Easter in John and the Synoptic Gospels
The exact chronology of Easter is not the most important thing to
think about during Easter week, but students often ask me questions
about chronological issues in the Gospels. Here are some common
questions:
What is the probable date of Jesus’ crucifixion?
Calculating ancient dates gets complicated for a number of reasons:
Jewish months all started at the new moon; they had two “new Gary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-14244689516033062472015-03-29T07:47:00.001-07:002015-08-06T19:07:36.516-07:00The Hobbit in Ancient Greek, paragraph 6
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Οὖτος ὁ ὅββιτος ἦν πλούσιος σφόδρα, ἐπίκλησις δὲ αὐτῷ Βάγινος. οἱ Βάγινοι κατῴκισαν ἐγγὺς Τοῦ Ὄρους ἀπὸ παλαιοῦ, οἱ δὲ ἄνθρωποι ἡγοῦνται αὐτούς εἶναι σφόδρα εὔκοσμοι, ὅτι οὐ μόνον οἱ πλεῖστων ἦσαν πλούσιοι ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅτι οὐ μή ἔχωσιν τολμήματα μηδὲ ποιῶσιν τι ἀπροσδόκητον. Γινώσκεις ὃ Βάγινος εἷς ἀποκριθήσει τῳ τινι ἐρωτήματι μὴ ταράσσων ἐρωτᾶν Gary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-65620466857894160112015-03-11T19:17:00.000-07:002015-04-29T22:38:31.892-07:00The Hobbit in Αncient Greek (paragraph 1)<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Gary Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335396510710046448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-40920065315205162632012-09-19T11:08:00.001-07:002012-09-19T11:08:18.668-07:00Did Jesus Have a Wife? A New Gnostic Fragment
According to an article
in the Washington Post, an ancient manuscript claiming that Jesus had a
wife has just been discovered. I’ll tackle this new discovery with some
Q&A.
What is this new find?
Karen King, the Gnostic scholar who published the manuscript, has titled it the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife (see the scholarly article here).
It is a very small fragment, only 12 Eutychushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071386254682518917noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-39919139858710443322011-07-18T09:50:00.000-07:002011-07-18T10:22:46.838-07:00Revealed to Whom? (John 3:21)I often get questions from students about the best translation of some verse. Usually, the difference is between "literal" translation (such as ESV or NASB) and "dynamic" translation (such as the NIV or NLT). These two types are also called "formal" (because they try, when possible, to follow the forms and word order of the original Greek or Hebrew sentences) and "Eutychushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071386254682518917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-50711923748331679672011-04-09T22:03:00.000-07:002011-04-09T22:03:44.073-07:00Greek Scholars Rule?He is a very amiable good fellow, but he is a Greek scholar and naturally a little eccentric.
– George Bernard Shaw, Major BarbaraEutychushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071386254682518917noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-72098723243513492282011-04-08T13:07:00.000-07:002011-04-08T13:07:21.516-07:00Greek Scholars Rule!Greek scholars are privileged men. Few of them know Greek; and none of them know anything else; but their position is unchallengeable.
– George Bernard Shaw, Major BarbaraEutychushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071386254682518917noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-38043179091947488942011-04-08T12:41:00.000-07:002011-04-08T13:09:05.218-07:00Erasmus on InterpretationIt's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.
– ErasmusEutychushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071386254682518917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-88811818032027433812011-03-29T08:18:00.000-07:002011-03-29T08:18:53.997-07:00Review of Bell's BookDarrel Bock is going through a chapter-by-chapter review of Rob Bell's new book, Love Wins at his blog. Bock is a top-notch scholar of the Gospels, and writes some civil and fair comments about the pros and cons of each chapter of Bell's book.Eutychushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071386254682518917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-46505706313152052492011-03-22T21:29:00.000-07:002011-03-22T21:29:00.731-07:00Are You Hungry? Blessings on the Hungry and Meek (Matthew 5:5-6)Here's a sermon on two of Jesus' beatitudes, preached in August 2006 at Hope Chapel West Oahu.
The picture: Jesus' triumphal entry (on a donkey rather than a warhorse). Giotto di Bondone, 1308.Eutychushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071386254682518917noreply@blogger.com0