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A Figura Etymologica in Jesus’ Teaching, with Alexander Loney: Matthew 7:2
Season 6 Episode 42
Jesus’ teaching in Matthew’s Greek utilizes figures of speech that can be impossible to translate into English but which lend force and memorability to his words. Dr. Alexander Loney is Associate Pro…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
How Not to Run Amuck, with Richard Schultz: Proverbs 29:18
Season 6 Episode 41
The English words, “where there is no vision, the people perish,” would seem to commend the need of a good plan for a desired future, but the Hebrew sentence points in a different direction. Dr. Rich…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
This God, with Bradley Cameron: Ecclesiastes 3:10
Season 6 Episode 40
Is Ecclesiastes 3:10-14 about a despotic, distant god or a benevolent, known God? It depends on whether we recognize the force of a Hebrew definite article. Bradley Cameron (PhD, Wheaton) is Visiting…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Express Image, with Philip Graham Ryken: Hebrews 1:3
Season 6 Episode 39
Heb. 1:1-4 is a beautifully rounded Greek sentence in praise of God’s Son in and as whom God has spoken. One metaphor conveys the uniqueness of this person as the “express image” of God himself. It i…
Published on 3 months ago
Food as an Identity Assertion, with Aubrey Buster and John Walton: Daniel 1:8-16
Season 6 Episode 38
Daniel’s refusal to eat the food provided by the king of Babylon is among the most popular of the Bible’s stories. But what food did Daniel refuse, what did he request, and why? A new look at the Heb…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
He Became Wisdom, with Jon Laansma: 1 Corinthians 1:30
Season 6 Episode 37
Beneath the surface of fairly stable English translations of 1 Corinthians 1:30 there flow quite varied interpretations of the Greek language Paul uses. Jon C. Laansma is the Gerald F. Hawthorne Prof…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Amen God and He’ll Amen You, with Richard Schultz: Isaiah 28:16
Season 6 Episode 36
The choice for Israel is between quiet trust and anxious haste in an important prophetic passage. Prof. Schultz explains the background, Hebrew imagery, and the NT’s interpretation of Isaiah 28:16. D…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Not Every Woman at the Party is a Concubine, with Aubrey Buster: Daniel 5:2
Season 6 Episode 35
Dan. 5:2, within the Aramaic portion of Daniel, has always been taken to refer to the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines, but a fresh look at the Aramaic and its context suggests that th…
Published on 4 months ago
Hunger for Justice, with George Kalantzis: Matthew 5:6, 10
Season 6 Episode 33
The Greek word usually translated as ‘righteousness’ in the Beatitudes (and elsewhere), is closer to the concept of ‘justice,’ signaling the down-to-earth concern of a people living under an unjust r…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Wheaton’s M.A. in Biblical Exegesis, with Andrew Abernethy
Season 6 Episode 32
The M.A. in Biblical Exegesis at Wheaton has been running for about a quarter of a century and it recently broadened its mission to enroll remote learners. Prof. Abernethy explains this transition, a…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago