Archive | Month of April, 2008
"If exegesis is to be nothing more than giving an account of the meaning of a writer–of what he himself meant by what he said–then no doubt the conventional explanation of the story of Jesus’ temptation as an objective appearance and activity of Satan is the only true one, for in their account Matthew and Luke appear to have nothing more in mind."
By S&T Eds, 28 April 2008
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By M. Elliott, 25 April 2008
Here Alvin Plantinga takes on Robert Gordon; van Inwagen lines up against Colin Greene and Joel Green, and there is an essay by William Alston that seems appended to that phase of the book. There are two ‘Catholic’ contributions from Mary Healy and Peter Williamson. Re-thinking history is what goes on in the next six essays, while the last four-Möller, Seitz, Neil MacDonald and Stephen Wright seem a little more miscellaneous.
By S&T Eds, 24 April 2008
Call for Papers: SST/IJST Colin Gunton Memorial Essay Prize 2008, What is theological interpretation?. Closing date: 31 October 2008.
By D. Lewis, 24 April 2008
“Shall we accept the good from God, but the evil shall we not accept?” ... Vischer notes that Job keeps his focus on God rather than the goods that God grants. He writes with respect to Job’s second saying, „Er will nicht Güter, nicht das Gute, er lebt von Gottes Güte, die jenseits von gut und böse ist.“
By P. Sumpter, 21 April 2008
Brevard Childs has often been accused of “flattening the text,” i.e seeking literary unity where there is none for the sake of sticking with the text’s final form. However, it is clear as one reads his 1974 Exodus commentary that nothing could be farther than the truth... In what, then, does the "integrity" of the final form consist, if not in its literary structure, and why is this so important to Childs?
By S&T Eds, 18 April 2008
Conference on The Holy Trinity in the Holy Scriptures: Interpreting the Bible for the Church, Tyndale University College, Toronto, from 28–30 May 2008.
By S&T Eds, 18 April 2008
Part 4 of our SHS review series will not appear today, but it should be in place next week. Please excuse the delay.
Professor M. Bockmuehl announces A Workshop on Early Christian Hopes for Life after Death with N.T. Wright. The free workshop will take place at Keble College, Oxford, on 31 May 2008. Numbers are limited.
By S&T Eds, 15 April 2008
Last Saturday was the Fulcrum Conference Islington 2008. The topic was Conflict and Covenant. Tom Wright spoke on "Conflict and Covenant in the Bible," and Andrew Goddard spoke on "Conflict and Covenant in the Communion." Does somebody who attended, read, or wants to read the papers want to write a digest for S&T?
By P. Sumpter, 29 April 2008
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