Overview Ben Witherington III, a well-known New Testament scholar, exegete, and commentator brings new insight to several oft-debated areas of Christian doctrine and methods of interpretation with the Ben Witherington III Collection (5 vols.). In this collection, Witherington opens the Scriptures and addresses the following subjects: The Bible: the formation of its canon, history of its translations, hermeneutical principles, and more Communion: its background, significance, and complexities Protestant Reformers: whether Luther, Calvin, or Wesley’s ideas on various topics— sin, sovereignty,... Read more
Part of the attraction is the riot of colors, including the costumes. But the inanimate props are equally interesting…. But in the end, the interaction between the humans and the objects was the real attraction…. Read more
I was reading away in a book entitled The Bible in Greek Christian Antiquity which is a translation of some essays originally in French, with the first of the essays about the Septuagint by Paul Lamarche. In this essay he stresses that of course the Septuagint is not in its origins a Christian collection of translations of the Hebrew OT, plus some added material, but rather a Jewish creation, with the first part, namely the translation of the Pentateuch likely completed... Read more
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